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general internet news - May 12
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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uk: Watchdog targeting workplace porn
The UK's child porn watchdog takes aim at people who
download illegal images at work.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4533573.stm
cn: Accelerator may beat internet censor
The new Google Accelerator product may have been used
to circumvent Chinese restrictions on which websites
can be visited
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/online/archives/google/2005/05/accelerator_breaks_china.html
us: A place for sex-abuse victims
Internet access: In cases in which the perpetrator is
unknown to the child, the Internet can play a role.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/11599950.htm
Taking Back The Net: Self-defense in the Internet Age
A free resource to help beleaguered Internet users
counter the cyber-crims is the latest anti-scam
initiative from security expert and author Bill Hely.
His Take Back The ‘Net campaign offers a free Internet
self defense course to PC users concerned about their
online security.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prwebxml236557.php
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/prweb/20050510/bs_prweb/prweb236557_1
us: National Crime Prevention Council: A Presidential
Eye on the Future
Alfonso E. Lenhardt, president and CEO of the 23-year
old National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) set a
mandate to equip the organization to meet the needs of
crime in the 21st century and to promote the good work
of the prevention movement across the country.
Lenhardt a two-star Major General (ret.) who firmly
believes that crime prevention is the cornerstone of
efforts such as domestic preparedness and homeland
security, shared a few key elements of his vision for
NCPC's future:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20050510/pl_usnw/national_crime_prevention_council__a_presidential_eye_on_the_future124_xml
mv: Jubilation as Fathimath Nisreen is amnestied
Reporters Without Borders expressed its profound
relief at a presidential amnesty on 9 May for
cyberdissident Fathimath Nisreen.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13720
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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Hong Kong in internet piracy first (reg req'd)
Hong Kong has scored a world first by bringing
copyright piracy charges against a man accused of
illegally uploading movies on the internet using
BitTorrent technology
http://managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=503937&ISS=15450&LS=EMS43465
us: ISPs complain about proposed jurisdiction rules
Leading ISPs and telcos in the US have asked that
their non-negotiated contracts with business customers
be excluded from the remit of a proposed Hague
Convention that would affect cross-border disputes.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=ispscomplainabout1115722456
MasterCard Shuts Down 1,400 Phishing Sites
MasterCard International Inc. said Tuesday that it has
shut down nearly 1,400 phishing sites and more than
750 sites suspected of selling illegal credit-card
information since launching an ID-theft-prevention
program in June. The program also has led to the
discovery and protection of more than 35,000
MasterCard account numbers that were in jeopardy of
being compromised.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20050511/tc_cmp/163100641
Anti-Japan Hostilities Move to the Internet
Chinese and South Korean hackers are being blamed for
a digital barrage designed to cripple Japanese Web
sites.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/09/AR2005050901119.html
us: Internet Attack Called Broad and Long Lasting by
Investigators (reg req'd, free for a short period)
The incident seemed alarming enough: a breach of a
Cisco Systems network in which an intruder seized
programming instructions for many of the computers
that control the flow of the Internet.
http://nytimes.com/2005/05/10/technology/10cisco.html
http://iht.com/articles/2005/05/10/business/breach.php
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8444216
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POLICY
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au: Internet safety scheme
THE Government will fund a national campaign to warn
parents of the dangers of children using the internet.
Safety agency NetAlert will receive $2 million over
two years to highlight the risks children face online,
including in chat rooms.
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15247542%255E911,00.html
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1274&storyid=3102398
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15244840-1702,00.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15248199%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e15306,00.html
au: Fed budget targets ID fraud, tsunami warning
Combating identity fraud, protecting the nation's
borders and tsunami warning systems were among the
areas heavily funded in last night's federal budget.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39191296,00.htm
us: Major Internet Protection Bill Passes Legislature
(news release)
Comprehensive Internet crime legislation passed the
Alaska Legislature today. SB 140 tackles Internet
related crime and privacy issues on several new
fronts. Sen. Gene Therriault (R - North Pole)
introduced the original bill.
http://www.akrepublicans.org/therriault/24/news/ther2005051001p.php
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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uk: Men chat and women text
British men are almost twice as likely to use their
mobile phones for talking compared with women, who
prefer to text, according to research.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8454259
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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us: Yahoo offers music 'subscriptions'
Internet search giant Yahoo on Wednesday launches a
major price war as it takes on digital-music leader
Apple and others with a new online subscription music
service.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2005-05-10-yahoo-usat_x.htm
Yahoo launches cut-price music subscription service
Yahoo has launched an online music subscription
service similar to those offered by Napster and Real's
Rhapsody, but one which allows music sharing amongst
Yahoo Messenger users and coming in at an
introductory, bargain basement $4.99 (€3.47).
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=7783
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Critical flaws found in Firefox
The Mozilla Foundation has said it is "working
aggressively" to fix two flaws in its open source
Firefox browser.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4532127.stm
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5700204.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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us: Police Charge DOD Employee With Child Pornography
Fairfax County police say 37-year-old Eric Boucher, a
financial manager with the Department of Defense, is
now facing several counts of child pornography.
http://www.nbc4.com/news/4470044/detail.html
us: N.J. Man Faces Child Porn Charges
According to police, a Haddon Heights man was arrested
Monday on charges of possession, reproduction, and
distribution of child pornography.
http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_129232842.html
us: Law enforcement teams conducting pornography
search
Danville Police are currently teamed up with other
State and Federal law enforcement agencies as part of
an intense child pornography enforcement effort that
has included the serving of three search warrants
within the city limits.
http://registerbee.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=DRB/MGArticle/DRB_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782633930
us: Rock musician pleads innocent to child porn
The leader of a San Diego rock 'n' roll band pleaded
innocent Tuesday to 37 counts of distributing child
pornography on compact discs and via postings on
Internet group sites.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050510-1523-pornarraignment.html
us: Man charged with child-porn possession
A Springfield man has been charged in federal court
with allegedly possessing child pornography.
http://springfield.news-leader.com/news/today/20050511-AroundtheOzarks.html
us: Man Gets 30 Years For Child Porn, Abuse
A Minneapolis man was sentenced to 30 years in prison
for molesting two boys and possessing child
pornography, prosecutors said.
http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_130135438.html
us: Man to face more child porn charges
Prosecutors unable to reach a plea agreement with a
man facing 17 counts of possessing child pornography
have filed an additional 64 charges against him based
on evidence gathered for the initial charges.
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/wdhlocal/292919299770581.shtml
us: Convicted Sex Offender Arrested On Child Porn
Charges
Authorities say a convicted sex offender who lives in
Spartanburg has been arrested on child pornography
charges.
http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/4470700/detail.html
us: District court looks at child porn cases
Three Farmington men are currently in the district
court system facing child pornography charges. Two are
awaiting sentencing, while a third is just beginning a
trek through the legal system.
http://www.daily-times.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=89&num=18331
us: Contrite ex-Baden cop heads to prison
A former Baden police officer will serve more than
seven years in federal prison after he admitted to
having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old Beaver
County boy.
http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14497767
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05130/501818.stm
us: Weatherman Says He Was Framed By False Claims
In the second part of an exclusive four-part Local 10
interview, former TV weatherman Bill Kamal answers the
questions all of South Florida has been asking. What
led him to Fort Pierce, Fla. to meet someone he
thought was a 14-year-old boy? Was he going to have
sex with a child? Has he done something like this
before?
http://www.local10.com/news/4470064/detail.html
us: Underage girl testifies in sex case
An underage Bedford County girl testified yesterday
that a sexual relationship she began with a
Bridgewater College professor began casually in an
Internet chat room and ended abruptly when he dumped
her for one of his students.
http://timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782621115
us: Fairfax man faces child-porn charges
Police arrested a man yesterday on child-pornography
charges. Investigators received a tip that Eric
Boucher, 37, of the Merrifield area, allegedly was
giving drugs to juveniles and taking nude photos of
them, Fairfax County police said.
http://timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782620973
us: N.J. Man Faces Child Porn Charges
According to police, a Haddon Heights man was arrested
Monday on charges of possession, reproduction, and
distribution of child pornography.
http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_129232842.html
us: Pa. police officer sentenced to 7 1/2 years for
having sex with boy
A former police officer was sentenced to 7 1/2 years
in federal prison for having sex with a teenage boy he
met online in shopping mall parking lots.
http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-26/1115670395140610.xml&storylist=penn
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