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general internet news - May 06
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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RUSSIA'S FEDERAL SECURITY BUREAU ASKS FOR MORE
AUTHORITY TO CONTROL INTERNET
Russian security authorities should be given broader
powers to control telecommunications and the Internet,
argues Dmitri Frolov, of the Federal Security
Service's Information Security Center.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050428/39757635.html
tn: Lawyer Sentenced to Prison for Posting 'False
News' On the Internet
RSF has condemned a "mockery of a trial" in which
lawyer Mohammed Abbu was found guilty of posting
"false news" on the Internet.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200505040861.html
http://www.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=internetNews&storyID=8341596
ir: Holy city of Qom is hell for bloggers
Reporters Without Borders today condemned a crackdown
on cyber-journalists and bloggers in the southern city
of Qom where Mojtaba Lotfi, who is serving a nearly
four-year sentence for articles he posted on the
Internet, is gravely ill in prison and where local
courts are harassing two bloggers, Farid Farid
Modaressi and Mohamad Reza Fathi.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13696
cn: China blocks anti-Japan websites
China has blocked several anti-Japanese websites
during the week-long May Day holidays in an apparent
move to quash another wave of demonstrations,
activists have said.
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/China-blocks-antiJapan-websites/2005/05/03/1114886346936.html
ca: FACE TO FACE WITH THE GREAT FIREWALL OF CHINA by
Michael Geist
As the Internet was taking flight in the early 1990s,
John Gilmore, one of the co-founders of the Electronic
Frontier Foundation, a leading online civil liberties
group, is credited with having coined the infamous
phrase that “the Internet interprets censorship as
damage and routes around it.” Gilmore’s view has
since been regularly invoked whenever there are failed
attempts to limit the dissemination of information.
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/resc/html_bkup/may22005.html
us: Many school districts have no policy
Cyberbullying knows no boundaries. Online cruelty may
happen off school property via home computers and cell
phones, but that hasn't prevented it from infiltrating
schools and disrupting the educational environment.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/southjersey/m050405b.htm
us: Tips for parents to guard kids
Here are some tips for parents to guard against
cyberbullying, according to the Union County
Prosecutor's Office and the Oregon-based Center for
Safe and Responsible Internet Use:
http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/southjersey/m050405d.htm
us: Cyberbullies target peers
Megan Robertson saw her friends dwindle one by one,
first in cyberspace and then in the real-world halls
of Williamstown Middle School in Monroe.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/southjersey/m050405a.htm
us: New bill helps define a bully
Some state legislators believe an anti-bullying law
already on the books needs an upgrade to effectively
protect students in today's high-tech world.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/southjersey/m050405c.htm
us: Telling tackles bullies
At her presentation at Husmann Elementary School about
effective bullying prevention, Linda Delimata stressed
the social aspects of the problem.
http://www.nwherald.com/MainSection/305387007062874.php
us: South Jersey students speak out on cyberbullying
Gayle Thom, 18, of National Park attends Gateway
Regional High School: "You're just looking at words.
You're not hearing tones or seeing gestures. So I
might be sarcastic, but the other person can take it
differently."
http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/southjersey/m050405dd.htm
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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au: Chat on adult site ends in robbery (reg req'd)
When Chris Barker responded to an entry on the Adult
Friend Finder website, he could not have foreseen the
unforgettable experience to come.
http://smh.com.au/news/National/Sally-69-lays-it-down/2005/05/01/1114886254596.html
uk: UK court jails dealers who sold cannabis online
Three members of a drug dealing ring who used the
internet to sell cannabis to addresses across the UK
were sent to prison last week.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/03/budmonkey_dealers_imprisoned/
Italians seek to close Web site showing pope as Nazi
Rome judicial authorities sought a temporary
injunction on Friday against an Internet site which
carried doctored photographs of Pope Benedict dressed
in a Nazi uniform.
http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5690570.html
ca: Police chief settles with couple behind critical
websites
Calgary's police chief has reached a settlement with a
couple who were involved with websites that accused
him of being a "rotten apple" running a "corrupt"
administration.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/04/29/calgary-police-050429.html
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POLICY
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au: Australian state to ban workplace e-mail spying
Australia's most populous state, New South Wales,
moved on Wednesday to outlaw employers from snooping
on workers' private e-mails as part of anti-spying
legislation aimed at stopping bosses from covertly
observing employees.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39190490,00.htm
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5694838.html
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=8382880
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Email-snooping-bosses-face-charges/2005/05/04/1115092535442.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15175006%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
uk: Union complains about e-mail monitoring
The UK’s largest union, Amicus, has complained to the
data protection watchdog over alleged incidents of
unauthorised monitoring and interception of employees’
e-mails at the National Association of Head Teachers.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=unioncomplainsabou1115115443
uk: Ofcom may have to police internet content
Media regulators across Europe could be forced to
police internet content for taste and decency in the
same way as television programmes, according to
proposals under consideration in Brussels.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1476127,00.html
us: Regulators to ban hunting via Internet
Wildlife regulators took the first step Tuesday to bar
hunters from using the Internet to shoot animals,
responding to a Texas Web site that planned to let
users fire at real game with the click of a mouse.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/ethics/2005-05-04-net-hunting-bans_x.htm
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/05-04-2005/2669000754b475e0.html
us: Police chiefs rap lobbyist over Web dating
measures
The Florida Police Chiefs Association has asked a
former agency head for Gov. Jeb Bush to stop telling
lawmakers the FPCA supports an Internet dating bill,
because the group has not taken a position on the
bill.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/04/30/a4a_internet_0430.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Guardian named best online newspaper
Guardian Unlimited has been recognised as the best
newspaper on the internet at the Webby Awards, beating
the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall
Street Journal and Variety.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1475629,00.html
Firefox passes 50 million download mark
The Mozilla Foundation's Firefox Web browser passed a
significant milestone in adoption on Friday, with more
than 50 million copies of the program downloaded,
according to its distributors.
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5690558.html
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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us: Gore to Get Lifetime Award for Internet
Al Gore may have been lampooned for taking credit in
the Internet's development, but organizers of the
Webby Awards for online achievements don't find it
funny at all.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GORE_AWARD
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Gore-to-get-lifetime-award-for-internet/2005/05/05/1115092603971.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man pleads guilty child porn charges
A New South Wales man has pleaded guilty to importing
child pornography, but he will not be prosecuted on
other charges of child sex tourism.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1360707.htm
au: Man charged over child porn worked at hospital
NSW Health Minister Morris Iemma has confirmed that a
man was allowed to continue working at the Kempsey
Base Hospital after he was charged with child
pornography offences.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1360544.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1359179.htm
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050503/21/u707.html
se: Swedish sports star seized in child porn raid
A Swedish champion from "a major spectator sport" has
been arrested on suspicion of distributing child
pornography on the Internet. He was one of 14
suspected paedophiles caught in a nationwide raid
early on Tuesday morning.
http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=1377&date=20050504
ca: Man facing child pornography charges
A 42-year old man in Fredericton has been given two
weeks to consult a lawyer concerning charges of
possessing and distributing child pornography.
http://nb.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=nb-courts20050504
http://www.canada.com/maritimes/news/story.html?id=98a4bda9-ee10-4d86-b3ea-2c467bc05fde
http://canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050504/CPA/29964025
ie: Curtin fails to halt child pornography probe
Judge Brian Curtin today failed to halt an Oireachtas
committee investigation into the discovery of child
pornography on his home computer.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=141817750&p=y4y8y8456
us: Woman Convicted on Child Pornography Charges
A Woodford County woman is behind bars, charged with
making child pornography.
http://www.hoinews.com/home/headlines/1544537.html
http://week.com/morenews/morenews-read.asp?n=7976
us: Area teacher charged with internet child
pornography
Residents in Caledonia are said to be stunned, as a
long-time, well-liked music teacher is charged with
internet child pornography.
http://www.kaaltv.com/article/view/87491/
http://www.wxow.com/news/publish/articles/article_1937.shtml
us: Man charged with child porn headed to trial
A jury trial has been set for Aug. 3 in the child
pornography case against Chad DuBois of Huron. DuBois,
32, was indicted by a Beadle County grand jury early
this year for 43 counts of child pornography
possession.
http://www.plainsman.com/main.php?story_id=5175&page=23
us: Jackson County man arrested on child pornography
charges
An Ocean Springs man arrested this week faces charges
of child exploitation and possession of a firearm by a
convicted felon.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/11561034.htm
us: Ex-police officer gets one year prison term in
child porn case
At one time, George A. Adymy was willing to risk his
family, his reputation and his police career to view
images of child pornography on his home computer.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050504/1062927.asp
us: Ex-Cop Sentenced In Child Porn Case
A former police officer is headed to jail for one year
for receiving child pornography over the Internet.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=28213
us: Former police officer sentenced in child porn case
A former member of a Buffalo-area police department
was sentenced today to a year in prison after getting
caught in a nationwide crackdown on child pornography.
http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regional.asp?selection=article_33159
us: Man sentenced for child porn pics
Halvert Fitch pleaded guilty today to possession of
child pornography.
http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=3289497
us: Local man indicted on child porn charges
A Colorado Springs man has been indicted on charges of
inducing a child to pose for pornographic pictures,
then distributing those photos online.
http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1307415&secid=1
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