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general internet news - 6 June
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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za: Conference against child pornography comes to
close
A national conference against child pornography has
ended near Port Elizabeth with the adoption of a
strongly-worded declaration to stamp out the scourge.
The declaration commits civil society, government and
the private sector to wipe out child porn.
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/social/0,2172,105840,00.html
za: 'Act now to combat child pornography'
The world is not becoming any safer for children, Home
Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on
Thursday.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1117719720232B243
uk: MSPs pass internet 'grooming' law [in Scotland]
A bill to clamp down on paedophiles grooming children
on the internet has been passed by MSPs at Holyrood.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4604909.stm
id: Government takes aim at pornography, indecency
Government asks media to support campaign by banning
pictures, advertisements or programs that exploit
sensuality and sexuality
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=25198
us: CDT Urges Federal Election Commission to Protect
Individuals' Political Speech on the Internet
In two sets of comments filed today with the Federal
Election Commission, CDT urged the FEC to declare that
the online political speech of bloggers and other
ordinary citizens is exempt from the burdens of
campaign finance laws. CDT submitted its own detailed
comments on the FEC proposals. In addition, working
with the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the
Internet (IPDI) of George Washington University, CDT
submitted a Statement of Principles on behalf of 1,115
leading organizations, blogs, and individuals. The
Principles set out guidelines that the FEC and
Congress should follow in applying campaign finance
laws to individuals. More information from:
http://cdt.org
us: Taube: 'I am getting help'
Maj. David Taube said he is embarrassed that he
succumbed to the lure of Internet pornography. "I am
getting help. I'm in the process of it right now,"
Taube told The Janesville Gazette on Tuesday.
http://www.gazetteextra.com/taube060105.asp
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
ir: Writing Lolita in Tehran
Iranian bloggers have harnessed the subversive power
of the Web to express themselves politically—and also
to find dates in a society that curtails public
courting.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8049628/site/newsweek/
us: Prowling for predators: On the cyber-trail of
child exploiters
The offices couldn't be more generic. The building is
nondescript. There's a sign outside the door, but
they're planning to take it down.
http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0506/05/0tech-202456.htm
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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au: Coonan seeks cooperation on net threats
Communications Minister Helen Coonan has called on
Australia's neighbours in the Asia Pacific to join
forces to combat threats from spam email and online
fraudsters.
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Coonan-seeks-cooperation-on-net-threats/2005/06/03/1117568364081.html
us: Woman Arrested For Cyberstalking Well-Known Author
A Seminole County woman is under arrest, accused of
cyberstalking a well-known author. Investigators say
she sent hundreds of emails over the past two years,
some of them threatening.
http://www.wftv.com/news/4562029/detail.html
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/news-article.aspx?storyid=38332
http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=3537
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050604/NEWS01/506040497
us: On the Cyber-Trail Of Child Exploiters
The offices could not be more generic. The building is
nondescript. There is a sign outside the door, but
they're planning to take it down. But inside the Cyber
Crimes Center in central Fairfax, investigators are
cracking the most sensational, horrifying,
gut-wrenching criminal cases involving children,
pornography, predators and the Internet. As a result,
thousands of people around the world are being
arrested; many are going to prison.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/31/AR2005053101902.html
us: Panel paints grim picture of cybercrime battle
Consumers, government and technology companies have to
step up to the plate to thwart increasingly
sophisticated cyberattacks, experts on a security
panel said Wednesday.
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-5728856.html
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POLICY
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au: Identity Crime and Phishing
[From the Australian Institute of Criminology, a paper
on phishing] Phishing has emerged as a major problem
on the internet. The object of phishing is usually to
obtain information about people in order to commit
fraud. Phishing fits within a broader category of
identity crime in the digital age.
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/htcb/htcb009.html
us: Push for California violent video game bill stalls
A bill before the California Assembly to ban the sale
of violent video games has been shelved because of a
lack of support, an aide to its author said on Friday.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8694267
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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uk: PartyGaming: Winner takes all (free for few days)
A former internet porn baron, her husband and two
Indian technology graduates are about to become dollar
billionaires as a result of the phenomenal growth in
online poker.
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=643677
by: 2m internet users in Belarus
The size of the dial-up services market in the country
totalled €19.5m in 2004.
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=8234
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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us: Some See Benefits of File Sharing
Independent labels use networks as a way to reach
consumers, not necessarily make money.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-p2p3jun03,0,2052110.story
us: MPAA files new round of swap suits
Hollywood studios filed a new round of lawsuits
Thursday against individuals accused of trading
copyrighted movies online.
http://news.com.com/2110-1030_3-5730072.html
es: Record labels close Spanish song site
One of the oldest Web sites offering inexpensive music
downloads has closed, after years of legal battles
with record labels.
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5730102.html
Final Guilty Plea In Operation Digital Gridlock, First
Federal Peer-To-Peer Copyright Piracy Crackdown (news
release)
The fourth and final defendant in Operation Digital
Gridlock pleaded guilty today to one count of
conspiracy to commit felony criminal copyright
infringement, the Justice Department announced today.
Bryan F. Tanner, also known as “Axeman,” 42, of
Fulton, New York, entered his plea in front of Judge
Paul L. Friedman in the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia.
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2005/May/05_crm_297.htm
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Fake Bin Laden e-mail hides virus
Computer users are being warned about fake Bin Laden
e-mail that contains a Windows virus.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4607203.stm
Anti-Spyware Coalition to define terms
A new group aims to clear up confusion over spyware
and adware, and help end the problem of different
anti-spyware tools flagging perceived threats in
different ways
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39201805,00.htm
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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uk: Paper boss jailed for child porn
The owner of the Lincolnshire Gazette newspaper has
been jailed after he was caught with child
pornography.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/4600167.stm
uk: Man given suspended sentence for child porn
offences
A Coleraine businessman has been given a suspended
jail term for child pornography offences.
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=61049
ca: Soldier faces child pornography charge
A soldier at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown is accused
of using a military computer to access child
pornography sites on the internet.
http://nb.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=nb-charges20050602
za: Russian couple got off lightly - Childline
Childline on Tuesday condemned the sentences handed to
a Russian couple convicted of indecently assaulting
their children, saying they were too lenient.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20050601091639131C826801
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/06/01/africansex.shtml
us: Feds look for viewers of underage Internet sex
Federal authorities have launched a worldwide search
for the people who watched the online sexual abuse of
a nine-year-old girl in western New York.
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=3427441
us: Church defrocks two priests, bars third in
Philadelphia area
The Roman Catholic Church defrocked a priest convicted
of child-pornography charges years ago after saying he
continued to celebrate Mass and perform other public
duties after having been barred from them.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-06-03-priests_x.htm
us: More charges for child porn convict
An adoptive father serving a 15-year sentence in
federal prison for producing Internet pornography
depicting his preteen daughter now faces 11 state
charges, the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, said Wednesday.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/01/child.porn/index.html
us: Man arrested for child pornography
Police have arrested a Petoskey man on charges he had
large quantities of child pornography in his
possession.
http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2005/06/03/news/local_regional/news06.txt
us: Peachtree City cops nab seventh child pornography
suspect
The local Wal-Mart was the site of the Peachtree
City’s latest Internet sting operation. The Peachtree
City Police Department arrested Christopher Ryan Cola,
29, of Atlanta Thursday and charged him with computer
pornography and violating the Child Exploitation
Prevention Act of 1999.
http://www.thecitizennews.com/main/archive-050603/pc-01_porn.html
us: Child pornography case described as 'shocking'
Even investigators and researchers who thought they
had seen everything are disturbed by the child
pornography allegations against James F. Lindgren Sr.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050602/1057166.asp
us: State court won't throw out 2 child porn cases
The Illinois Supreme Court rejected appeals Friday
from two men who say their child pornography
convictions should be thrown out because prosecutors
didn't prove the pictures showed real children instead
of computer-generated images.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-kidporn04.html
us: Ex-officer pleads guilty to possessing child porn
A former Lufkin Police officer convicted of child rape
admitted in federal court this week to sexually
exploiting children and possessing child pornography,
according to a U.S. Attorney's Office press release
issued Friday.
http://www.dailysentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/06/04/20050604NDSofficer.html
us: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TASK FORCE
A local city is cracking down on child pornographers
and those who share those pictures online. The City of
Rexburg recently sent two of its officers and a city
prosecutor to federal class on this subject.
http://www.kpvi.com/index.cfm?page=nbcheadlines.cfm&ID=26444
us: Westchester School Official Accused Of Child Porn
A report of a man loitering outside a Yonkers school
leads to an arrest for child pornography. The accused
is an official in a Northern Westchester school
district.
http://cbsnewyork.com/topstories/topstoriesny_story_154164653.html
us: Petoskey man faces felony child porn charges
Emmet sheriff's investigators made an arrest in what
Sheriff Peter Wallin called the largest child
pornography case his department has handled.
http://www.record-eagle.com/2005/jun/03porn.htm
us: Man indicted on child porn possession charges
A Waltham man has been indicted on child pornography
charges, more than a year after he ordered a video
from a company known to sell the illicit material, a
Middlesex District Attorney spokeswoman said.
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=56758
us: Amherst man sentenced in pornography case
Raymond C. Stone, 22, of Amherst, was sentenced to 14
years in federal prison last week for producing child
pornography images of himself and a 7-year-old boy.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050602/2066581.asp
us: School official charged with child porn
The supervisor of transportation for the Lakeland
school district was arrested today in Yonkers on child
pornography charges.
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050602/NEWS01/506020402
us: Man admits having child porn on computer
A 39-year-old South Buffalo man faces prison time
after admitting that he possessed more than 1,000
Internet images of child pornography on his computer.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050602/6066581.asp
us: Child Porn Plea
A former Jonesville firefighter pleads guilty to child
porn charges.
http://fox23news.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=27785650-594D-4D6C-BE71-24BB140E6749
us: Alabama Man Wanted on Child Porn Charge Arrested
in Virginia Beach
State Police arrested a man Thursday morning in
Virginia Beach wanted on a child pornography charge in
Alabama.
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3423459
us: Rosepine man arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., announced today
that his continued fight against online sexual
predators has netted three arrests in south Louisiana
in the past five days.
http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/articles/2005/06/02/news/news1.txt
us: Man charged with child porn
A Bedford man has been charged with possession and
distribution of child pornography after investigators
say he rented laptop computers from a Roanoke business
and used them to upload explicit images to the
Internet.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/24707.html
us: Lafayette man accused of child porn
A 53-year-old Lafayette man accused of sending
sexually explicit images to undercover agents posing
as teenage girls in Internet chat rooms will remain in
jail without bond.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3426417
us: Trial set for detective found with child
pornography
After being indicted in mid-May for receiving,
possessing and transporting child pornography, a trial
date of July 25 was set Wednesday for Austin Police
Detective Lance McConnell.
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/paper410/news/2005/06/03/StateLocal/Trial.Set.For.Detective.Found.With.Child.Pornography-955469.shtml
us: Man pleads guilty to child pornography
A Middletown man charged with 95 counts of child
pornography took a plea deal yesterday, admitting to
one count of possessing a sexual performance by a
child, a felony.
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/06/03/brf62.htm
us: FBI: Man put his sex acts with nine-year-old
online
A western New York man has been accused of
transmitting his alleged sex acts with a nine-year-old
girl over the Internet for others to watch.
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=3422529
us: Man charged with child porn
Police say James Allen Reed of Hardy used rented
laptops to post explicit images of children on the
Internet.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke%5C24707.html
us: Rosepine man arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., announced today
that his continued fight against online sexual
predators has netted three arrests in south Louisiana
in the past five days.
http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/articles/2005/06/02/news/news1.txt
us: Judge throws out evidence in porn case against
scout leader
A judge in Sioux Falls threw out evidence gathered in
a child pornography case involving a former
scoutmaster on grounds the search was
unconstitutional.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/11815795.htm
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