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general internet news - May 26
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Iemma accused of misleading Parliament over child
porn case
New South Wales Health Minister Morris Iemma has been
accused of misleading Parliament over a Kempsey
Hospital employee who continued to work after being
charged with child pornography offences.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050524/21/ugvp.html
cn: Death by a Thousand Blogs (reg req'd; free for one
week)
The Chinese Communist Party may finally have met its
match in bloggers who report on official wrongdoings
and write scathing essays.
http://nytimes.com/2005/05/24/opinion/24kristoff.html
Bahraini bloggers face charges
Three Bahraini bloggers are facing criminal charges,
including defaming the king, for running a web forum
that allows free political debate.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1491560,00.html
ca: New tools needed to fight child porn
Toronto police had been seeking "the girl in the
pictures" for months. She appeared in nearly 200
images traded over the Internet by those who took sick
pleasure in her sexual abuse. Investigators had
watched the girl, thought to be about 10 years old in
the earliest photographs, grow. And they desperately
wanted to rescue her from the horrors she endured.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1116627019940
us: Internet Child Porn Victim Talks About Ordeal
A young girl whose haunting image became an
international symbol of Internet child sex abuse is
talking about her ordeal for the first time.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050525/lo_wesh/2736344
us: What you can do about cyberbullying
The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use runs
a Web site - Cyberbully.org - with many resources for
parents and educators.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/11711703.htm
us: Most local schools' bullying policies extend to
Web
Here is how high schools in San Luis Obispo County
handle cyberbullying:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/11711704.htm
us: Protect your children from harmful internet sites
No matter what you call it - the Internet, Web or just
net, the information highway can take you many places
and allow you to do and see things you may have never
even heard of before. One can find reference
materials, shopping, communications, education and
entertainment. There are instant messages, bulletin
boards, chat rooms and a quickly growing phenomenon
called "blogging."
http://zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1574&dept_id=532216&newsid=14571675&PAG=461
us: Tribune exclusive report/Online harassment among
teens
Maybe the insults started because he was the new kid,
or because he doesn't like rowdy weekend parties. Or
maybe it was because he enjoys going to class at
Arroyo Grande High School; he likes spending time with
his teachers and excels in his college prep courses
including biology, drama and Spanish. The attacks were
written online, on a Web site that allowed the authors
a comfortable anonymity while they hurled slurs at a
peer some would later admit they didn't know well.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/11711707.htm
us: New form of ‘bullying’ now on Internet
Sitting at a desk, chatting to friends on a chat line
has become a way of life for many youngsters.
http://www.leamingtonpostandshopper.com/story.php?id=162470
ly: Detained bookseller and cyber-dissident charged
with possession of a pistol
Reporters Without Borders today reiterated its call
for the immediate release of former bookseller Abdel
Razak Al Mansouri, saying he is almost certainly being
held because of his articles on the Internet
criticising the Libyan regime although he is
officially charged with unauthorized possession of a
pistol. "This man's imprisonment is arbitrary even if
you were to give credence to the charge brought
against him," the press freedom organization said.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13890
Insafe Newsletter
The May edition of the Insafe Newsletter is now
available. See below for some of the stories, or for
the full newsletter see:
http://saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/newsletter.htm
au: Australia critised for Internet censorship
policies
What, if anything, should be done to address material
that is offensive or adult, but not illegal? Some have
criticised Australia’s approach as “censorship” the
Internet.
http://saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0505/censorship.htm
100,000 websites apply descriptive labels
The ICRA approach to Internet safety is divided into
two core elements, Labelling and Filtering, which are
the responsibilities of the content provider and the
end user respectively.
http://saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0505/icra.htm
Danish parents prepare children for harmful content
New forms of media have meant children also have new
potential channels of access to pornography. In
particular, delivery platforms such as mobile phones
make teaching media literacy more urgent.
http://saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0505/dk_parents.htm
Belgian sects target children online
The Belgian "Safer internet" website held a forum on
13 April to warn against some of the “plagues” that
can put Internet users at risk. Issues tackled in the
forum included religious sects, racism and child
pornography.
http://saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0505/be_sects.htm
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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au: MasterCard shuts down 13 Aussie scam sites
MasterCard International today said it had acted to
shut down 13 fraudulent financial Web sites based in
Australia under an 11-month campaign that saw around
1,400 terminated globally.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39193240,00.htm
http://smh.com.au/news/General/Australian-phishing-websites-shut-down/2005/05/24/1116700687286.html
nz: Priceless: Mastercard closes NZ phisher site in
worldwide operation
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/0A31C90EC5B27350CC25700C002D3056
UK court bans online porn sales
Pornmongers in the UK can no longer send videos or
DVDs through the post or sell them online.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/24/adultshops_no_mailorder/
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8578571
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4573507.stm
nz: Internet cafes told to lift game
The Internet Safety Group is calling for internet
cafes to up their game after a "random survey" of 10
cafes by an IBM New Zealand security expert found most
of their computers were infected with spyware and
vulnerable to hackers.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3288236a28,00.html
us: Bank security breach may be biggest yet
Bank of America Corp. and Wachovia Corp. are among the
big banks notifying more than 670,000 customers that
account information was stolen in what may the biggest
security breach to hit the banking industry.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/23/news/fortune500/bank_info/index.htm
New Study Revealing Behind the Scenes of Phishing
Attacks
The following is an overview of the recent Honeynet
Project and Research Alliance study called 'Know your
Enemy:Phishing' aimed at discovering practical
information on the practice of phishing. This study
focuses on real world incidents based on data captured
and analyzed from the UK and German Honeynet Project
revealing how attackers build and use their
infrastructure for Phishing based attacks. "This data
has helped us to understand how phishers typically
behave and some of the methods they employ to lure and
trick their victims. We have learned that phishing
attacks can occur very rapidly, with only limited
elapsed time between the initial system intrusion and
a phishing web site going online.
http://www.circleid.com/article/1086_0_1_0_C/
Netherlands hosts international cybercrime
jurisdiction workshop
Four leading legal experts from the Dutch Universities
of Leiden and Tilburg, the Free University of Brussels
and the University of Dayton, Ohio, in the United
States, jointly organised a one-day international
workshop on ‘cybercrime’ jurisdiction on 20 May in The
Hague.
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=8014
us: LAWYER VS. LAWYER OVER WEB SITE
One New York personal injury law firm is suing another
personal injury firm in the state, alleging a Web site
noting a state bar panel’s probe of the first firm
violates the state’s civil rights act.
http://abanet.org/journal/redesign/my13publish.html
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POLICY
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us: Investigator Tasked With Tracking Child
Pornography
One of the biggest challenges for law enforcement
these days is prosecuting people who download child
pornography from the Internet. It often requires the
skills of a computer expert, which the Greenville
Police Department now has in its ranks. "It's hard
looking at child porn and looking at the kids and
believing somebody gets excited looking at it or would
even want to look at that," said Detective Rick Floyd,
of the Greenville Police Department.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wral/20050521/lo_wyff/2732172
au: Feds form ICT advisory board
A newly-formed advisory board will advise the federal
government on issues affecting the nation's ICT
sector.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39193422,00.htm
us: U.S. House Passes Antispyware Bills
Two bills focusing on spyware overwhelmingly passed
the U.S. House of Representatives late today,
including one that requires many software programs
collecting personal information to get permission
before doing so.
http://pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120985,00.asp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4578461.stm
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8581893
jp: New law to thwart Net fraud
The government is considering enacting a new law to
require sellers to provide contact information in an
effort to prevent counterfeit and pirated products
from being auctioned on the Internet, according to
government sources.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20050525wo31.htm
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SPAM
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World joins in zombie battle
AUSTRALIA'S communications and competition regulators
have joined with the US' Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) and 34 other government partners from around the
world in an effort to get ISPs to block spam traffic
from "zombie" PCs.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15402120%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/23/HNftcawareness_1.html
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/26-countries-in-bid-to-halt-spam-zombies/2005/05/25/1116950727063.html
Australia joins Operation Spam Zombies
Australian authorities are taking part in a new global
effort to crack down on spam email sent through
hijacked computers, known as "zombies".
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1376729.htm
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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nz: OECD broadband numbers: the good, the bad and the
ugly
The Government and Telecom both say they're pleased
with the OECD's newly announced broadband rates for
the year to December 2004, claiming broadband
penetration in New Zealand has increased by more than
80% over the previous year.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/4FDE3B109A4745CDCC25700C002E19BC
uk: Prisoners 'should have net access'
All prisoners should have access to the internet for
educational, rehabilitation and recreational purposes,
charity urges.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1491152,00.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/24/lag_internet_jail/
Nokia Unveils Handheld Internet Tablet
Nokia is straying from its core cellular business with
its first non-phone mobile device, a handheld Internet
tablet for accessing the Web around the home over a
wireless broadband connection.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NOKIA_LINUX_TABLET
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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uk: Is BBC trumping Hollywood with free video?
With plans afoot to distribute video content free of
charge to Britons over the internet, is the BBC taking
a smarter course than Hollywood? Patrick Gray explores
the broadcaster's strategy and gets 'father of the
internet' Vint Cerf's perspective.
http://comment.silicon.com/0,39024711,39130561,00.htm
Canadian court refuses to make ISPs name file-swappers
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a
decision not to force ISPs to reveal the identities of
29 file-swappers sued by the Canadian record industry,
as the CRIA had not provided sufficient evidence
against them.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=canadiancourtrefus1116860554
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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PC World Tests Netscape's Two-Headed Browser
Netscape 8 lets you view Web pages using either the
Firefox or Internet Explorer engine.
http://pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,120884,00.asp
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Child porn conviction
A 41-year-old man from Hazelbrook has been given a
suspended sentence for being found guilty of
possessing child pornography.
http://bluemountains.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=396276
au: Pedophile jailed for 12 years
A PEDOPHILE who made sadistic videos of young
neighbourhood children and traded them on the internet
has been jailed for 12 years.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15390357%255E1702,00.html
Italian child porn site targeted
Some 200 people are being investigated over an
internet pornography site showing young children being
tortured, Italian police say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4575977.stm
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/24/upaed.xml
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-05-24-italy_x.htm
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/05/24/international/i081031D38.DTL
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/25/italy_child_abuse/
http://theage.com.au/news/World/Italy-investigates-186-over-child-torture-site/2005/05/24/1116700715702.html
ke: German man to be charged for child porn
Police were investigating a German national who
frequently visited Kenya after he was arrested for
photographing children's genitals and found to be in
possession of a pornographic video featuring minors,
officials said on Monday.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=87&art_id=vn20050524063723795C726626
http://mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=241380&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
ca: Ex-teacher jailed for child porn
A retired educator dubbed a "social cripple" has been
jailed for possessing massive amounts of child
pornography accessed from the Internet, including
photographs depicting a baby being sexually abused.
http://canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2005/05/25/1054745-sun.html
us: Fire at Chuck Wagon may have been caused by
cigarette
Firefighters estimate that a blaze Monday at Biemann's
Chuck Wagon at 2627 Center St. in Cedar Falls burned
unchecked for at least a half hour before being
spotted by a passer-by. The restaurant currently is
closed due to the fire.
http://wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/05/25/news/top_story/doc42935c2058631564560100.txt
us: Police Discover Child Pornography After Computer
Is Repossessed
Police discover child pornography at the home of a
Knott County man after his computer was repossessed.
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3382297
us: Police seize computer in child pornography raid
According to published reports, a raid on a Main
Street home in McEwensville involved Internet child
pornography.
http://www.standard-journal.com/articles/2005/05/23/news/news7.txt
us: Former Bus Driver Pleads Guilty To Child Porn
Charges
A former Burnsville, Minn. school bus driver was
sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $700 Tuesday
after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.
http://wcco.com/localnews/local_story_145004837.html
us: Search warrant in child slaying case reveals
pornography, dolls
Court documents show investigators found pornography,
children's clothing and dolls in the home of a man
accused of killing ten-year-old Jetseta Gage of Cedar
Rapids.
http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3383709
us: Man Charged With Child Porn Hears From Young
Victim
The young victim of a man who pleaded guilty to
hundreds of child pornography charges asks a judge to
send him away to jail, so others are not harmed.
http://www.turnto10.com/news/4523422/detail.html
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/4523404/detail.html
us: Child porn seized from teacher sub
A Rutherford County Schools substitute teacher was
charged Monday with three counts of possessing and
exchanging child pornography, a sheriff's detective
said.
http://dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050524/NEWS01/505240314/
us: Man, Woman Charged With Sex Crimes Involving
Teenage Girl
A local woman was being held Tuesday on child
pornography charges after police said she allegedly
sold nude pictures of her 13-year-old daughter to a
man who allegedly sexually assaulted the girl.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kmgh/20050524/lo_ksat/2735993
http://woai.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=4FC9C1BF-BE95-4C89-AF51-A9961046BC7A
http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=3383967
us: Rialto teacher accused of downloading porn
A Rialto middle school teacher is on administrative
leave following his arrest on charges that he
downloaded child pornography onto a school computer.
http://www.dailybulletin.com/Stories/0,1413,203~21481~2884642,00.html
us: Nashua Man To Plead Guilty To Child Porn
Possession
A 25-year-old Nashua man plans to plead guilty to four
counts of possession of child pornography.
http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/4519408/detail.html
us: Chesapeake Man Facing Child Porn Charges in
Suffolk
A 38-year old Chesapeake man is in jail, charged by
Suffolk police with taking indecent liberties with
children and creating child porn.
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3385374
us: Burlington man held in Web child-lure case
A 32-year-old Burlington County man was arraigned
Monday on charges of trying to lure or entice a child
in order to commit a sexual assault, Atlantic County
Prosecutor Jeffrey S. Blitz said.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/atlantic/052505INTERNETSEX_M25.cfm
us: Child porn seized from teacher sub
A Rutherford County Schools substitute teacher was
charged Monday with three counts of possessing and
exchanging child pornography, a sheriff's detective
said.
http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050524/NEWS01/505240314/
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