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general internet news - May 02
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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it: The Internet & Minors (free reg req'd)
Over 1,7 million minors in Italy surf the internet for
an average of 11,5 hours a month. Paedophilia and the
spread of adult material over the web is one of the
major concerns of the legislator. However, there has
been some criticism raised over attempts to regulate
web access to children based on the suggestion that
such regulations could constitute a threat to freedom
of information resulting in the unjustified censorship
of web material. Despite some criticism, the creation
of legal means aimed at the prevention of so-called
"social destruction" deriving from distorted and
improper use of the new technologies, remains the
general approach taken amongst international
legislators. This trend is confirmed by the adoption
in Italy on 19 November 2003 of a Self Regulating Code
entitled ‘Internet and Minors’. The Code was also
followed up by a Bill of Children Rights approved by
the Italian Government on 3 February 2004.
http://www.mondaq.com/article_preview.asp?a=32065&e=on
Italians seek to close Web site showing pope as Nazi
Rome authorities seek temporary injunction against
site with doctored photographs of Pope Benedict.
http://news.com.com/Italians+seek+to+close+Web+site+showing+pope+as+Nazi/2100-1038_3-5690570.html
uk: Children, young people often encountering
pornography online - report
Alarm bells at set to ring as new research shows that
as internet access grows in the UK, more children are
having risky and unpleasant experiences online.
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=7569
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4490879.stm
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,1469791,00.html
http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.120.htm
uk: 'Net baffled' parents may reduce children's job
and education prospects (news release)
The lack of internet skills and experience among many
UK parents is potentially harming their children's
education and job prospects and could be placing them
on the wrong side of a growing digital divide, says
new research by academics at the London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE).
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/newsAndEvents/archives/2005/SoniaLivingstone_NetBaffled.htm
http://personal.lse.ac.uk/bober/UKCGOfinalReport.pdf
(report)
Bahrain site registration sparks protests
All Web sites operating in Bahrain must register with
the country's Information Ministry under a new
government mandate that has provoked protests from an
international watchdog for press freedom.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/11512745.htm
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Bahrain-wants-all-websites-registered/2005/04/28/1114635696095.html
au: Four staff caught with porn
AT least four Royal Children's Hospital staff have
been caught in an internet pornography scandal.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15107770-1243,00.html
Tunisia jails lawyer for internet writings
A Tunisian court jailed lawyer and human rights
activist Mohamed Abbou for three-and-half years for
charges stemming from articles he published on the
Internet, lawyers said yesterday.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3264510a12,00.html
http://www.indexonline.org/en/news/articles/2005/2/tunisia-threat-of-boycott-increases-as-anoth.shtml
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=717809
http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/internet/0,2172,103193,00.html
tn: Lawyer's trial slated as a "mockery"
Reporters Without Borders condemned a "mockery of a
trial" in which a lawyer was found guilty of posting
"false news" on the Internet and urged democratic
countries to boycott the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis in November 2005
unless Tunisia ended its Internet crackdown and
released him.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13554
Tunis closing its airport to the published word
A group of international free expression organisations
- including Index on Censorship - have asked the
Tunisian authorities to stop their airport officials
unfairly confiscating books carried by arriving
travellers such as latest victim Lotfi Hajji,
president of the Independent Syndicate of Tunisian
Journalists. The IFEX-Tunisia Monitoring Group
comments.
http://www.indexonline.org/en/news/articles/2005/2/tunisia-free-speech-groups-protest-book-seiz.shtml
us: A culture awash in porn
“Porn is just another form of entertainment now.” The
speaker, an 18-year-old concession-stand worker named
Ben Meredith, was explaining to a Los Angeles Times
reporter why virtually no young people were trying to
get in to see “Inside Deep Throat” at an Orange
County, Calif., theater.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/rebeccahagelin/rh20050429.shtml
us: Bush OKs Smut-Stripping Tech
In Politics: The president signs off on the Family
Entertainment and Copyright Act, which allows parents
to use technology that removes objectionable content
from commercial DVDs. Hollywood won't be happy.
http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,67367,00.html
us: Wal-Mart targets parody site run by student
A college student was forced to redesign a Web site
satirizing a foundation run by Wal-Mart after the
discount retail giant claimed he violated copyright
law by using graphics from the company's Web site.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/11504076.htm
es: 5.569 informes relacionados con la pornografía
infantil fueron remitidos a la Policía entre el 2002 y
el 2004
Según ha indicado la Asociación Protégeles 5.569
informes denunciando páginas de contenido con
pornografía infantil fueron remitidos a las Fuerzas de
Seguridad del Estado para que tomasen las acciones
oportunas al respecto.
http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/111470070459062.shtml
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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no: Porn-surfing Norwegians awarded $40k
We are seriously considering relocating the entire
Vulture Central editorial staff to occasionally-sunny
Norway after learning that two workers sacked for
hunting net smut at work have been awarded 250,000
Kroner ($40,000) a head for unfair dismissal.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/29/norwegian_compensation_claim/
us: Boy allegedly stabs mom 111 times
A confrontation with his mother over Internet
pornography and home-made weaponry preceded an attack
in which a 15-year-old American boy apparently stabbed
her more than 100 times, say police and prosecutors.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=vn20050428071053824C357598
us: New York Sues a Marketer on Use of Internet
Spyware
The New York attorney general accused a California
company of clogging computers across the nation with
secretly installed spyware and adware.
http://nytimes.com/2005/04/29/nyregion/29internet.html
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=spywarelawsuitfrom1114766845
NY AG's press release on Intermix case
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2005/apr/apr28a_05.html
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POLICY
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uk: Candidate admits child porn charge
AN OLDHAM man standing in next week’s General Election
has admitted he is under investigation for child
pornography offences.
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/156/156617_candidate_admits_child_porn_charge_.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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uk: Working-class children fall foul of digital divide
Children from poorer homes are becoming victims of a
"digital divide" because their parents lack the skills
to help them use the internet as effectively as their
middle-class counterparts, says research.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1471796,00.html
us: Prophet of American technodoom
Thomas Bleha reckons that America is falling
disastrously behind in broadband: America may have
been the birthplace of the internet, but it has now
fallen behind its Asian rivals in the race to upgrade
to high-speed broadband connections, with potentially
devastating economic consequences.
http://economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3887163
ITU to Discuss Next-Generation Networks
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU),
together with the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF), is to hold a workshop on next-generation
networks (NGNs) next week.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200504290809.html
UN's New Initiative to Bridge Digital Divide
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD), which aims at the development of friendly
integration of developing countries into the world
economy, is launching a new partnership on Information
and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D)
to build concrete strategies toward improving access
to and use of ICT applications in enhancing the
economic competitiveness of developing countries.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200504280053.html
Bringing the Internet To the Whole World
Over dinner on a spring night in 2000, Hector de Jesus
Ruiz, the new chief executive of Advanced Micro
Devices Inc., popped an unexpected question to one of
his deputies: "Have you ever made a difference in your
life?"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/28/AR2005042801673.html
my: MCMC to profile Internet users
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
(MCMC) plans to conduct a survey to establish a
profile of Malaysian Internet users.
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2005/4/27/technology/10807909&sec=technology
The Future of the Internet (news release - Jan05)
A wide-ranging survey of technology leaders, scholars,
industry officials, and analysts finds that most
Internet experts expect attacks on the network
infrastructure in the coming decade as the Internet
becomes more embedded in everyday and commercial life.
http://pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=2790&content_type_id=7&issue_name=Society%20and%20the%20Internet&issue=10&page=7&name=Grantee%20Press%20Releases
Google searches for quality not quantity
Google has plans to improve its news search results
beyond just their date and search-term relevance,
according to new patents
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18624975.900
fr: Internet soccer fans coach their team to real
success
The Web Football Club claims to be the world's first
soccer team coached entirely by fans over the
Internet.
http://iht.com/articles/2005/04/29/business/ptsoccer30.php
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Steve Jobs's Review of His Biography: Ban It (reg
req'd, free for short period)
In an image-obsessed fit of pique, Apple Computer has
banished books published by John Wiley & Sons from its
stores, because Wiley plans to publish an unauthorized
biography of Steve Jobs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/30/technology/30apple.html
The online ad attack (sub req'd)
Google's new advertising service could make the
internet an even more valuable marketing medium
http://economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3915094
EU gives Microsoft a cold shoulder
Steve Ballmer's visit with Neelie Kroes this week was
no more effective in resolving Microsoft's problems in
Europe than his visit with Mario Monti a year ago.
http://iht.com/articles/2005/04/28/yourmoney/msft.php
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Child pornography principal jailed
A TORQUAY primary school principal who recorded
thousands of hits on a child pornography website was
yesterday jailed.
http://the.standard.net.au/articles/2005/04/29/1114635723086.html
au: Man charged over child porn
A NEWCASTLE man has been charged with possessing child
pornography following a police raid on his home.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15122209-1702,00.html
ca: Police officer investigated for child porn stayed
on job
A senior Vancouver police officer under investigation
for alleged possession of child pornography remained
on the job for nearly two months after police executed
a search warrant at his Vancouver home, The Vancouver
Sun has learned.
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=69065c11-b2cf-4fae-9e0d-6702615ce406
http://www.crime-research.org/news/28.04.2005/1193/
ca: Child porn lands man in prison
A Montrealer convicted of possessing child pornography
was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison.
http://montreal.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=qc-porn20050429
ca/us: Police hope photo of possible witness leads to
child porn victim
Florida and Canadian law enforcement officials
Wednesday released the picture of a young girl,
reclining on a couch, who authorities described as a
possible witness in an Internet child pornography
investigation.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/internet.child.porn/index.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-locpornpix28042805apr28,0,6392820.story
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050428/ca_pr_on_na/cda_child_porn_victim_1
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1114614702074_34/?hub=Canada
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/orl-locpornpix28042805apr28,0,3874908.story
us: Man Faces Charges for Creating Child Pornography
It's a street where the signs of children are
everywhere. But beyond the well-manicured lawns and
the road's gentle curves, Clay County deputies say a
pornographer was at work.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=36259
us: Saudi Official's Son Arrested In Child Porn Bust
Miami Beach police said a tip from an organization
that monitors child pornography on the Internet led
them to arrest the son of a high-ranking Saudi
official.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wplg/20050429/lo_wplg/2692129
us: Man faces child pornography charges
A 21-year-old man faces child pornography charges,
accused of having a cache of illicit pictures and
films on his laptop computer.
http://www.wrgb.com/news/local/local_news.asp?selection=article_32924
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=3275555
us: High School Teacher Arrested For Child Porn
Possession
A Southland teacher is under arrest and accused of
possessing child pornography.
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4435219/detail.html
us: Harlan Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography
Charges
A Harlan man pleaded guilty Wednesday to the
production and distribution of child pornography,
according to a statement from the U.S. Department of
Justice.
http://www.theiowachannel.com/news/4423805/detail.html
us: Nolan Sentenced On Child Pornography Charges
A former local deputy fire chief will spend the next
eight years behind bars on child pornography charges.
http://www.whiotv.com/news/4423117/detail.html
us: Man Faces Federal Child Pornography Charges
A Henderson man is being held without bond Tuesday
evening on federal child pornography charges.
http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=3264266
us: Man Arrested In Child Pornography Case
Police in Maryland have connected a man in Charlotte
to a website containing child pornography.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/4434043/detail.html
us: Man in court on pornography charges
A 21-year-old Baker man charged with receiving and
possessing child pornography pleaded not guilty to
federal charges Thursday at his arraignment in
Billings.
http://billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/04/28/build/local/90-porncharges.inc
us: San Antonio Priest Arrested For Child Pornography
A priest from a popular San Antonio church has been
arrested, and it's not the first time he's been in
trouble.
http://woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=F1366624-83FC-41C0-B9C5-61D2FE784287
us: Priest admits having child porn
A Schuylkill County Catholic priest admitted Wednesday
he owned hundreds of child pornography photos,
magazines, videotapes and DVDs, and that he embezzled
more than $23,000 in church money.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b7_1priestsex3apr28,0,1272975.story
us: LSU dean arrested on child porn charges
LSU's associate dean of students has been arrested and
charged with possession of child pornography.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3277425
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3276034
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/042805/new_lsudean001.shtml
us: Child Porn on Heymann's Center Computer
A Lafayette man is facing child pornography charges.
Police say Marc Anthony Gambino turned himself in
after the illegal images were found on a laptop
computer at the Heymann Performing Arts Center.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3272228
us: Stepfather facing federal pornography charges
The stepfather of a girl charged with setting a fire
that killed two children has been indicted on federal
pornography charges.
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050428/NEWS01/504280441/1002
us: Bell High music teacher arrested
A Bell High School band and choir teacher was in
federal custody Friday night after being arrested on
suspicion of possessing child pornography, an FBI
agent said.
http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204~21474~2843998,00.html
us: Batavia man convicted of 2003 child porn charge
A judge has found a Batavia man guilty of possession
of child pornography, more than 18 months after the
man's arrest.
http://www.kcchronicle.com/SportsSection/341311873775730.php
us: N.C. State Student Pleads Guilty To Downloading
Child Pornography
A North Carolina State University student will not
spend time in jail for downloading child pornography.
http://www.wral.com/news/4414659/detail.html
us: Police charge student with child porn
At least 300 images of child pornography have
allegedly been found on the laptop computer of a Penn
State student, leading police to arrest the man and
file charges yesterday, the State College Police
Department said.
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2005/04/04-28-05tdc/04-28-05dnews-08.asp
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