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general internet news - 2 June
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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EU Commission says to propose phone data logging
The European Commission will propose mandatory logging
by phone companies and internet providers of all
emails, telephone calls and other electronic
communication, Viviane Reding, the Commissioner for
Information Society and Media, said on Tuesday.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050531/80/fk65h.html
uk: BT tackles rogue diallers head on
Thousands of people have downloaded free software from
BT to combat the net scam which racks up huge phone
bills.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4595647.stm
uk: BT £1,000 bills in dial-up net scam
Thousands of BT's home internet users are targeted
every day by a scam which adds an average of £100 to
their phone bills, BT said yesterday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1495753,00.html
China cracks down on games
CHINA is to release a set of new rules to vet the
content of online games as part of a campaign to
combat what it sees as harmful influences on the
young, state media said.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15474275%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/China-to-vet-online-game-content/2005/06/01/1117568239389.html
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8640455
cn: China to tag web sites
CHINESE-RUN websites have been given a deadline to
register their sites or face closure under a new
government campaign to police the internet, a leading
portal announced.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15450256%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/China-to-register-all-websites/2005/05/30/1117305534148.html
au: New codes of practice for the Internet and mobile
content (news release)
New community safeguards for the Internet and mobile
telephone content are in place from today, with the
registration by the Australian Broadcasting Authority
of three new codes of practice for the Internet
industry.
http://www.aba.gov.au/newspubs/news_releases/archive/2005/59nr05.shtml
za: Invasion of SMS pornography
Your child could be accessing pornography simply by
watching television and using a cellphone to send an
SMS - and now several organisations are planning to
take a formal stand against it at a two-day
conference.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=vn20050530092353427C922726
us: Investigation Shows Big Business Funding Sex Chat
Rooms
Several well-known companies have pulled ads from a
popular online chat room service after a
Troubleshooters investigation revealed to them what
their money was funding, Local 2 reported Monday in an
exclusive story.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/4549393/detail.html
us: Sexual predators prey on kids in cybersapce
The Internet age has revolutionized the way people
live and communicate by providing an almost endless
supply of entertainment and information.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/05292005/news/44795.htm
Sticks and stones - and hate speech
Journalist Sihem Bensedrine, Amnesty International and
Sakharov Award winner, described by Le Monde this week
as ‘one of the emblematic figures of the fight for
freedoms in Tunisia’, has become the target of a
viciously obscene campaign of hate in Tunis newspapers
– apparently at the behest of the Tunisian government.
http://www.indexonline.org/en/news/articles/2005/2/tunisia-sticks-and-stones-and-hate-speech-th.shtml
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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il: Arrests made in Israeli spyware case
Two people have been arrested in London, accused of
writing a spyware-laden Trojan that was used for
industrial espionage in Israel's mobile industry
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39201340,00.htm
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/cybercrime/story/0,10801,102141,00.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ISRAELI_COMPUTER_CRIME
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Time is net effect
WITHIN five years the internet will change lives to
the point where almost every minute of down time may
be spent consuming media or communicating.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15393160%5e16681%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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au: Music industry tailed Sharman boss
The music industry's piracy investigations unit
conducted extensive surveillance of the Sydney north
shore house owned by the chief executive officer of
peer-to-peer provider Sharman Networks, the unit's
former boss told a court hearing last week.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39193799,00.htm
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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eu: EC ponders Microsoft proposal
The European Commission is scrutinising a proposal
from Microsoft over a competition ruling handed down
last year
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1636477,00.html
Microsoft submits antitrust proposal, EU weighs it
Antitrust authorities are sifting through Microsoft's
final proposal to comply with a European Commission
decision, which the software giant submitted near a
midnight deadline, a Commission spokesman said on
Wednesday.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8661801
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Former AusAID adviser faces pornography charges
A Canberra man who was made a member of the Order of
Australia and was recently employed as a senior
adviser to AusAID has appeared in court on child
pornography charges.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1381258.htm
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15473528-2,00.html
au: Former nurse faces child porn charges
A former Perth nurse has been released on bail after
appearing in court on child pornography charges.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1381230.htm
au: Cop 'visited child porn site 8000 times'
A NEW South Wales Police detective working in a child
protection unit accessed child pornography from an
internet site he had visited more than 8000 times, a
court was told today.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15456009-2,00.html
za: Russian Couple Jailed in South Africa Over Child
Porn
A Russian couple was sentenced to eight and four years
in jail on Tuesday for using their children to make
child pornography.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/06/01/africansex.shtml
za: orn trial told of signs of sex abuse
A clinical psychologist who did an initial assessment
of a Russian couple convicted of using their children
to generate child pornography had found that they
might be paedophiles.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20050531073943743C522199
us: Child Pornography Defendant Arrested After Being
Caught On TV
State police said a Glocester man facing child
pornography charges violated the terms of his bail,
and was caught in the act on television.
http://www.turnto10.com/news/4546337/detail.html
http://woai.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=6449DA09-608A-4ED1-BB5A-0E1D5EFDF92B
http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=3413281
http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=3405843
http://www.turnto10.com/news/4550412/detail.html
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-porn30.html
us: Decatur man arrested in child pornography
investigation
Bond was set at $75,000 on Friday for a 45-year-old
Decatur man arrested a day earlier by local and
federal authorities for investigation of possession of
child pornography and disseminating it via U.S. mail
and the Internet.
http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2005/05/29/news/local_news/1008116.txt
us: Buena man arrested for child porn
A 62-year-old man was charged with possession of child
pornography after police seized several dozen explicit
videos and photographs from his Landisville home,
according to authorities.
http://thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050601/NEWS01/506010321/
us: Psychologist pleads guilty to possessing child
porn
An unemployed psychologist from Greenwich pleaded
guilty Tuesday in federal court to possession of child
pornography.
http://thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050601/NEWS01/506010324/
us: Man charged with having child porn
A Franklin Street man was arrested for possession of
child pornography after he purchased a videotape
depicting a 9-year-old girl engaging in sexual
activity, police said.
http://www.enterprisenews.com/articles/2005/05/31/news/news/news07.txt
us: Brush teacher arrested after child porn found
An elementary school teacher from Brush has been
charged with sexual exploitation of a child after more
than a dozen pornographic photographs of children were
discovered on computer disks at his home, authorities
said.
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_2772465
us: Teacher may have viewed porn at Portsmouth school
Parents of high school students were alerted on Friday
that a school teacher may have viewed pornographic
material online on school grounds.
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050531/NEWS0601/105310095
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