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general internet news - May 16
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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uk: Firms keep silent over child pornography
Most companies would rather keep quiet than call the
police if they caught employees downloading child
pornography, according to research published by the
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) on Wednesday.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39191469,00.htm
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39197942,00.htm
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=iwfwarnsofchildp1115806996
uk: IWF Launches Campaign to Crackdown on Indecent
Images of Children at Work (news release)
Research finds that illegal images continue to go
unreported in the workplace
http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.122.htm
ca: Canadian Coalition Against Internet Child
Exploitation Releases National Action Plan
The Canadian Coalition Against Internet Child
Exploitation (CCAICE) today released its seven-point
National Action Plan designed to help protect children
from online sexual exploitation and to assist in
bringing those who victimize children to justice.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2005/11/c7406.html
us: Multimedia Available: Keeping Kids Safe From Cyber
Threats
The Internet gives children a world of information --
but it also exposes them to potential dangers.
Cyber-bullying, pornographic pop-ups and adults posing
as kids in chat rooms are just a few threats facing
today's young Internet users.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050512/125847.html
us: Qwest and the National Center for Missing &
Exploited Children Launches Comprehensive Program to
Help Protect Kids Online
Qwest Communications recognizes the increasing risks
that children and families face while using the
Internet. Child victimization, cyber bullying, and
exposure to inappropriate content are rapidly
increasing in venues such as chat rooms, E-mail and
instant messaging. Qwest Communications and the
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children®
(NCMEC) are working together to reduce these online
threats and are launching an Internet safety campaign
to give parents and guardians the resources they need
to establish safer online practices for their
families.
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1991
ly: Still no word of cyber-dissident Al Mansouri five
months after his arrest
Reporters Without Borders today urged foreign
embassies in Tripoli to ask the Libyan authorities
what has happened to bookseller and cyber-dissident
Abdel Razak Al Mansouri, who has disappeared without
trace since his arrest on 12 January, apparently for
making fun of a speech by President Muammar Gaddafi in
an article he sent the day before to a foreign
website. His family has received no news of him since
then.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13762
Long-awaited filter reviews
Now that more than half of US families with teenagers
use filtering software (see my 3/18 issue), it's
surprising how seldom Consumer Reports tests filters -
the last time was four years ago. But software
testing's very involved, and it's great when they do
apply their solid methodology to this important
product category.
http://netfamilynews.org/newsletter.shtml#newsitemEEEVZuplVECOQIKxSC
us: CDT Expands Campaign to Keep Online Political
Speech Free of Regulation
CDT is urging bloggers and other Internet users to
sign a set of principles calling on Congress and the
Federal Elections Commission to keep burdensome
federal campaign finance laws from hindering the
online political speech of individuals. The
principles, developed in collaboration with the
Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet
(IPDI) of George Washington University, respond to a
recent proposal by the Federal Election Commission
(FEC) that considers extension of burdensome campaign
finance laws to the Internet. CDT and IPDI have
launched a web site to promote the principles and to
allow bloggers and other users to educate the FEC on
the diversity of independent political commentary
online.
http://fec.cdt.org
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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us: Yahoo sued over Candyman child porn site
A minor and his parents have filed a $10 million (5.36
million pound) lawsuit against Yahoo Inc. and a man
who once operated a Yahoo Groups site where members
traded child pornography.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8480106
http://webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20050513YahooSuedOverChildPornographyGroup.html
http://news.com.com/Yahoo+sued+over+child+porn+site/2100-1030_3-5705625.html
us: Judge Tosses Out South Carolina Law Banning
Explicit Pictures on Internet
A federal judge has tossed out the state's law barring
distribution of sexually explicit pictures to minors
over the Internet, saying it violates the First
Amendment and Congress' authority over interstate
commerce.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1115802311997
us: Madison goes online to fight pedophiles
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is joining a state
effort against child exploitation on the Internet,
officials said Wednesday.
http://dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782671418
us: County Suspends Probation Director Amid
Pornography Investigation
The head of the Harris County Probation Department has
been suspended after officials say he downloaded
pornography on his office computer, a government
source told Local 2 Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050513/lo_kprc/2718868
us: Survey: 43 percent of adults get 'phished'
Rebecca Tennille considered herself a savvy consumer,
but when she got an e-mail that looked like it was
from her bank, she followed its instructions to go to
a Web site to verify some personal information.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/11623377.htm
de: T-Online taken to court over storing of flat-rate
customer data
A user is taking legal action against a provider for
storing the connection data of flat-rate customers.
Next week T-Online AG will have to answer charges in
the Municipal Court in Darmstadt relating to its
practice of storing for months information on the IP
addresses, dial-up times and data volumes of its
flat-rate customers
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/59468
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POLICY
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au: Spyware bill pushes $10,000 fine
THE Australian Democrats have called for internet
companies to face $10,000 fines for spreading
malicious programs known as spyware.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15262588%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
http://news.com.com/Australians+take+aim+at+spyware/2100-1028_3-5704978.html
us: Senators push for anti-spyware law
Congress didn't quite get around to approving an
anti-spyware bill last year--it died while awaiting a
Senate floor vote.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5703986.html
us: CDT Lays Out Affiliate Schemes Behind Spyware
In testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee, CDT
detailed the business arrangements behind the
proliferation of stealth software installations and
invasive applications online. CDT described how
companies used a complex network of affiliate
agreements to deflect accountability while raking in
hundreds of thousands of dollars in ill-gotten gains.
CDT also renewed its call for baseline online privacy
legislation.
http://cdt.org/testimony/20050511schwartzspyware.pdf
au: Govt commits to extend broadband
The government has committed $50 million over the next
three years, in a bid to help connect people in
metropolitan areas who have been unable to access
broadband.
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=18795
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SPAM
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us: Company Tries to Purge Web Criticism
The developer of a spam-fighting service is trying to
airbrush the Web, asking some Web sites to remove
references to criticisms that it sent out spam two
years ago.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SPAM_PURGE
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/ethics/2005-05-13-spic-and-spam_x.htm
us: Massachusetts targets spammers
The Attorney General of Massachusetts, Tom Reilly, has
been awarded an emergency injunction to close down
dozens of web sites allegedly operated by a ring of
Boston area spammers.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=massachusettstarget1115979424
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/business/2005-05-12-mass-sues-spammers_x.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/12/spam_lawsuit/
Teamwork will beat spammers
More than two-thirds of all email traffic is spam, but
the problem could be reduced if our computers work
together to control it
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18624996.700
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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us: College Libraries Set Aside Books in a Digital Age
(reg req'd, free for short period)
Books are being cleared away to make room for digital
learning laboratories, a phenomenon that is
transforming research and study on campuses around the
country.
http://nytimes.com/2005/05/14/education/14library.html
Firefox growth slows again
The Firefox browser continues to rack up incremental
market share gains against Microsoft's Internet
Explorer, but security concerns may be taking their
toll as the growth rate continues to slip.
http://news.com.com/Firefox+growth+slows+again/2100-1032_3-5702247.html
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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nl: Gloves off in Dutch anti-piracy punch-up
Five Dutch ISPs will launch a "procedure on the
merits" action against Dutch anti-piracy organisation
Dutch Protection Rights Entertainment Industry
Netherlands (BREIN). As reported yesterday, BREIN
intends to sue the ISPs next month to obtain the
identity of 42 individuals suspected of illegally
swapping copyrighted music. The ISPs believe a normal
summary proceeding or kort geding will not allow a
full investigation of the merits or otherwise of
BREIN's case. A procedure on the merits demands such
investigation.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/13/dutch_isps_fight_back
us: TV download sites hit by lawsuits
The movie industry has turned its legal battle against
net piracy by filing lawsuits against TV file-sharing
sites.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4545519.stm
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Firefox's flaws fixed in upgrade
The Mozilla Foundation, maker of the open source web
browser Firefox, has released a security patch to plug
two critical security flaws in the browser.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4541641.stm
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Teacher walks free after child-porn conviction
A Perth school teacher has received a suspended jail
term for possessing almost 1,000 images of child
pornography.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1368438.htm
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050513/21/uaom.html
au: Merredin man awaits child porn sentencing
A man from Merredin will be sentenced in the Perth
District Court at the end of this month for possessing
pornographic images.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1367828.htm
ca/us: Mystery girl in child porn case found safe
A girl who has been the object of a continent-wide
child pornography investigation has been found and is
reported to be safe.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1116014216117_17/?hub=Canada
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/13/child.porn/index.html
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/05/13/child-porn050513.html
nl: Denial over paid child porn claims
A journalist working with television crime reporter
Peter R. de Vries has denied claims from the Foreign
Press Foundation that Amsterdam public prosecutor
Joost Tonino deliberately paid for child pornography
found on his computer.
http://expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=20049
uk: Man guilty of child porn charges
A Devon man whose conviction for flying to the US to
have sex with a child was overturned, has been found
guilty of possessing child porn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/4545395.stm
uk: Schoolteacher arrested over porn
A teacher has left a Wiltshire private school after a
police investigation into internet porn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/4537297.stm
jp: Nikkei Trendy reporter held over sex with minor
A 27-year-old reporter of Nikkei Trendy monthly
magazine has been arrested on suspicion that he paid a
teenage girl for sex in Shibuya, Tokyo, in January.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20050513wo22.htm
us: International child porn sting lands Florida man
in jail
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have
arrested a 61-year-old man on charges of engaging in
sex with a male child for three years and transporting
pornography of the acts domestically and abroad, the
agency said Thursday.
http://www.abcactionnews.com/stories/2005/05/050513sting.shtml
us: Decatur stings snag nine child predators since
October
Nine men have been arrested since October during sting
operations by the Decatur Police Department Juvenile
Investigations Unit as officers sought adults dealing
in child pornography or wanting to have sex with
children.
http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2005/05/12/news/local_news/1007791.txt
us: Great Falls pair charged in child porn scheme
A woman and her daughter were charged Thursday with
forcing two 13-year-old girls to perform group sex
acts for an Internet pornography business.
http://billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/13/build/state/60-child-porn-scheme.inc
us: Shaler man confesses to sending daughter's nude
image over Web
A Shaler man who confessed to using a Web camera to
send real time pornographic images of his 4-year-old
daughter over the Internet pleaded guilty yesterday to
receipt of child pornography and was sentenced to 71
months in prison.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05133/503899.stm
http://kdka.com/local/local_story_133105547.html
us: Spring Lake resident indicted on child porn
charges
U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced last
week that Spring Lake resident Philip Maue, 57, could
face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a
$250,000 fine if found guilty of possession of child
pornography.
http://www.thecoaststar.com/weekly/2005/05.12.05/maue.html
us: Guilty Plea To Charges Of Child Pornography in
Belmont County
William Schlagg pleads not guilty to twelve charges of
possessing child pornography in Belmont County.
http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=2784
us: 3 Adults Arrested For Child Pornography In Council
Bluffs
A sex offender and a married couple are under arrest
in Council Bluffs accused of possessing child
pornography.
http://www.theiowachannel.com/news/4483618/detail.html
us: Teacher Faces Child Pornography Charges
A Harford County teacher has been charged with
possession of child pornography.
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_132150917.html
us: Child porn probe names party chief
The Davidson County Democratic chairman who resigned
his post amid an investigation dealing with child
pornography said yesterday that he knew very little
about what, if any, charges he faces.
http://tennessean.com/government/archives/05/03/69478145.shtml
us: Ringleader pleads guilty in child sex case
A drifter who rented a house in Beaver Dam and became
a ringleader of a nationwide child sex and pornography
ring pleaded guilty to three charges in federal court
Friday.
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/local/11646795.htm
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/11641848.htm
http://www.gazetteextra.com/childpornring051405.asp
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsnews/153nd2.htm
us: Bail pulled on man facing child porn charges
A Sunbury man has been ordered to report to federal
marshals May 23 for violating conditions of his bail
set in a child pornography case.
http://www.dailyitem.com/archive/2005/0514/local/stories/05local.htm
us: Former GPS Teacher Faces Pornography Charge
A former teacher at Girls Preparatory School has been
indicted on child pornography charges.
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_66901.asp
us: Davidson Co. Democratic Party leader resigns
amidst child porn allegations
The chairman of the Davidson County Democratic Party
has resigned amid allegations of child pornography.
http://www.wkrn.com/global/story.asp?s=3342739
us: Dixon man indicted on charges of possessing child
pornography
A Dixon man was indicted by a federal grand jury for
possessing child pornography, Todd P. G.aves, U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri
announced on May 5.
http://www.pulaskicountydemocrat.com/articles/2005/05/11/pcd/news11.txt
us: Man Questioned In Men's Deaths Faces Child Porn
Charges
A man being questioned in a case involving the deaths
of several men is now facing additional charges.
http://www.theneworleanschannel.com/news/4487338/detail.html
us: Belmont County Man Charged with Possessing Child
Porn
A Belmont County man is facing twelve charges of
possessing child pornography.
http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=2779
us: Man avoids heftier sentence for child porn
A man sentenced to 71 months in prison Thursday for
receiving child pornography avoided a longer sentence
because prosecutors couldn't prove that he transmitted
sexually explicit images of a 4-year-old girl over the
Internet.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/s_333799.html
us: Feds charge Florida man with having sex, making
porno with child
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have
arrested a 61-year-old man on charges of engaging in
sex with a male child for three years and transporting
pornography of the acts domestically and abroad, the
agency said Thursday.
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050512/APN/505121256
us: Police: Girl In Disney Porn Photos Found
Investigators involved in a child pornography case
linked to a Disney hotel have located a 15-year-old
girl whose photos have circulated among pedophiles on
the Internet for years, according to Local 6 News.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050513/lo_wkmg/2719816
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050514/1007028.asp
us: Boise Soccer Coach Arrested For Possessing Child
Porn
A 37-year-old Boise soccer coach has been arrested on
charges of possessing child pornography and on
suspicion he may have molested dozens of teenage boys
since the early '90s.
http://kbcitv.com/x5154.xml?ParentPageID=x5157&ContentID=x65295&Layout=KBCI.xsl
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: Federal prison in child porn case
A 29-year-old Ansonia man has been sentenced to 30
months in federal prison in a child pornography case.
http://www.wtnh.com/global/story.asp?s=3334115
us: Local Man Charged With 12 Counts Of Having Child
Pornography
A Belmont County man plead guilty in September to
charges that he raped two young girls, and now
officials say a close friend of that convicted rapist
is facing twelve counts of having child pornography
involving the same young victims.
http://www.wtov9.com/news/4483280/detail.html
us: Sex offender nabbed at ASU
A convicted sex offender eight days into his parole
was caught recently looking at child pornography on an
Arizona State University library computer, according
to police.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/tempe/articles/0514t-railtopper14Z10.html
us: Schaghticoke man charged with possessing child
porn
A Rensselaer County man is behind bars on child
pornography charges.
http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/your_news/capital_region/default.asp?ArID=130587
us: Wilton teacher forced to resign after Internet
porn accusation
A longtime Wilton industrial arts teacher and former
wrestling coach denies school officials' accusations
that he used a school computer to access Internet
pornography sites.
http://www.muscatinejournal.com/articles/2005/05/14/news/doc4284ca58f0bc5608654102.txt
us: Pitts. man indicted on luring charge
A Pittsgrove Township man allegedly tried to lure a
minor across the country last year in order to have
sex with him, authorities claimed this week.
http://www.nj.com/news/sunbeam/index.ssf?/base/news-0/111588606152770.xml
us: PALMYRA MAN ARRESTED FOR DISTRIBUTING INTERNET
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
A former Hersheypark concession manager who now owns
an area hobby shop made his initial appearance here in
federal court this afternoon to face charges of
distributing child pornography over the Internet.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/palmyra051105.htm
us: Carriere man arrested for child porn
A Carriere man faces child pornography charges after
Pearl River County deputies conducted a search warrant
at a residence Monday, authorities said.
http://www.picayuneitem.com/articles/2005/05/14/news/07porn.txt
us: Police get kudos for child porn investigation
The Hickory Police Department, in cooperation with two
other law enforcement agencies, won a national award
for a child pornography investigation.
http://hickoryrecord.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=HDR/MGArticle/HDR_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782730381
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