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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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us: UNH study links serious crimes and child porn
A University of New Hampshire study shows for the
first time that people arrested for having Internet
child porn have typically committed serious crimes and
done jail time, according to researchers.
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=55938
us: Possessing Internet Child Pornography Is a Serious
Crime with Serious Consequences (news release)
People arrested for possessing Internet child
pornography have typically committed serious offenses
and received serious sentences, according to the first
national study of the problem by researchers at the
University of New Hampshire. The study found the
majority of child pornography possessors caught by the
justice system had downloaded sexually explicit images
of very young children and images that graphically
depicted sexual penetration. More than half had
molested a child or attempted to do so.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/512367/
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
uk: Warning over 'bullying by mobile'
One in five young people has been bullied by mobile
phone or via the internet, a study suggests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4614515.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/article/0,2763,1500930,00.html
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,31500-13366209,00.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/07/mobile_bullying/
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/education.cfm?id=623062005
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Cam-phone-bullying-plagues-schoolyard/2005/06/08/1118123872357.html
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Technobullying-attacks-filmed-on-camera-phones/2005/06/08/1118123849401.html
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/590718/
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10329678
http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39131022,00.htm
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8715514
uk: report and website: One in five young people has
been bullied by mobile phone
http://www.nch.org.uk/information/index.php?i=237
http://www.nch.org.uk/information/index.php?i=77&r=332
(news release)
uk: Scotland passes anti-grooming law
The Scottish Parliament on Thursday approved
legislation that counters threats posed to children by
the internet, creating a new offence of sexual
"grooming" of a person under 16 by an adult aged 18 or
over.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=scotlandpassesanti1118065881
au: 'Rape club' taken off Australian website
Police have launched an investigation into a
ninemsn-hosted group website called "Rape Club", in
which users boast about raping people.
http://smh.com.au/news/Technology/Rape-club-taken-off-Australian-website/2005/06/06/1117910244591.html
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3306028a28,00.html
au: Violent games still don't rate
Australia's censorship body has issued new
classification labels for films and computer games,
but failed to address demands to classify violent and
sexually explicit computer games.
http://smh.com.au/news/Technology/Violent-games-still-dont-rate/2005/06/06/1117910243491.html
nz: Pushing online boundaries
Anti-spam legislation expected early next year has a
new business partnership treading carefully as it
pushes the boundaries of online marketing.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?mode=headlines&c_id=5&ObjectID=10117484
us: Filtering Expert to Meet with Berkman Community
Richard Clayton recently presented "Failures in a
Hybrid Content Blocking System" at the PET2005
workshop in Croatia, and will speak to the Berkman
community tomorrow about the technical challenges to
accurate filtering. Filtering has been an issue of
great interest to the Berkman community, several
members of which are involved with the
university-based OpenNet Initiative.The OpenNet
Initiative documents the degree and extent to which
governments "filter," meaning how they control and
manipulate the information environment in which their
citizens live, including websites, blogs, email, and
online discussion forums.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=756
no: Telenor to launch child pornography filter for
mobile phones
With immediate effect, Telenor introduces a filter for
mobile phones, limiting the access to websites
containing images depicting sexual assaults on
children. Telenor thereby assumes a leading role in
the struggle against the distribution of child
pornography, with a special focus on mobile phones.
http://presse.telenor.no/PR/200506/997482_5.html
ph: Bill to curb cybersex filed in Congress
A BILL seeking to prohibit the proliferation of
pornographic materials on the Internet, including
viewing, reading and writing "sexually explicit
letters and stories" has been filed at the House of
Representatives.
http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=39556
ca: Teens weaving a wicked Web
Police say Hamilton teens set up a virtual sex network
from their bedrooms, using instant messaging chat
programs and cameras that broadcast video from one
computer to another
http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050608.gtteensex08/BNStory/Technology/
China fights to control the net
A CHINESE government threat to close down unregistered
websites has
convinced just 430,000 to make themselves known at the
Information
Ministry - suggesting that most of the country's
estimated 4 million web
loggers, or bloggers, are choosing to stay out in the
cold.
China fights to control the net
A CHINESE government threat to close down unregistered
websites has convinced just 430,000 to make themselves
known at the Information Ministry - suggesting that
most of the country's estimated 4 million web loggers,
or bloggers, are choosing to stay out in the cold.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15518723%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
cn: Chinese blogs face restrictions
The Chinese government has announced plans to police
web forums, chat rooms and blogs alongside other
websites.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4617657.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1501186,00.html
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1334349.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10329447
China to close local Web sites if unregistered
China is to close unregistered China-based domestic
Web sites and blogs, a media watchdog said, as the
government tightens its grip on the Internet.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=8714593
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1118140561807B255
http://news.com.com/China+to+close+unregistered+domestic+Web+sites/2100-1028_3-5735514.html
cn: Released Chinese cyber-dissident vows to restart
sensitive website
Chinese cyber-dissident Huang Qi, recently released
after serving five years in prison for creating a
politically sensitive website, has vowed to start it
again, a report said on Tuesday.
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=25367
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Freed-cyberdissident-to-restart-site/2005/06/08/1118123885602.html
cn: Freed cyber-dissident to restart site (reg req'd)
Chinese cyber-dissident Huang Qi, recently released
after serving five years in prison for creating a
politically sensitive website, has vowed to restart
it, a report says.
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Freed-cyberdissident-to-restart-site/2005/06/08/1118123885602.html
cn: Online gamer gets life for cyber-sabre stabbing
A Shanghai online game player who stabbed a competitor
to death for selling his cyber-sword has been given a
suspended death sentence, which in effect means life
imprisonment, state media said on Wednesday.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8727487
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Net-gamer-who-killed-rival-sentenced/2005/06/08/1118123875243.html
Chinese cyber-dissident freed (reg req'd)
Chinese cyber-dissident Huang Qi, who was convicted of
subversion for publishing political information on his
website, has been freed after completing his five-year
sentence, a rights group says.
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Chinese-cyberdissident-freed/2005/06/06/1117910219902.html
ir: Blogger Mojtaba Saminejad gets two-year prison
sentence
Reporters Without Borders voiced deep concern today
about the fate of 25-year-old blogger Mojtaba
Saminejad, who has been sentenced to two years in
prison by a Tehran revolutionary court for "insulting
the Supreme Guide". The organisation urged all
bloggers to mobilise on behalf of the young blogger.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12564
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Iranian-blogger-jailed/2005/06/07/1117910276126.html
ie: €2.3m payment made to ex Bank of Ireland chief
The Bank of Ireland has made a special payment of
€2.3m to its former Chief Executive Michael Soden. Mr
Soden was forced to resign in May of last year, after
he admitted to using his office computer to access
internet pornography sites.
http://www.sbpost.ie/breakingnews/breaking_story.asp?j=77099726&p=77yxxyxx&n=77100197&x=
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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nz: ISPs found innocent of aiding zombie attacks in
'trial'
Despite being in the best position to help in an
attack, ISPs shouldn't be liable say IT professionals
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/67DE8F64AAC47F03CC25701A0032CE71
Cyber Danger
Because more people are using the Internet, new
dynamics and challenges are emerging
http://allafrica.com/stories/200506060718.html
in: Jilted lover turns to e-stalking
Technology didn’t go very far for a 24-year-old
computer professional who tried to get back at his
former lover by hacking into her e-mail account and
her colleagues’ to send threats and pornographic
pictures. Police managed to track his Gurgaon company
and arrested him; he admitted harassing her after she
spurned his marriage offer.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=48118
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POLICY
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au: Child sex chat-up to become crime
THE crime of "grooming" children for sex abuse using
internet chat rooms is included in new child
exploitation legislation introduced by Tasmanian
Attorney-General Judy Jackson yesterday.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15545520-1244,00.html
au: Internet body prepares take-down rules
Australia's Internet Industry Association, which
represents internet service providers and telecoms
carriers, is to finalize a code of practice for ISPs
and web-hosts relating to copyright in online content
http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=516419&ISS=16664&LS=EMS45115
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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us: Online privacy watched?
Imagine that you move and get an unlisted phone number
to protect your privacy, only to discover that your
new address is available free to anyone over the
Internet - complete with satellite photos of your
house.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2781636
Europe overtakes Americas in fast Internet-survey
More Europeans than Americans had a broadband Internet
connection in the first quarter, according to a survey
published on Wednesday, which also showed South Korea
is on the verge of losing its global pole position.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8729759
eu: High-speed internet connections growing fast, say
Commission figures
Take-up of high-speed “broadband” internet connections
is growing fast, according to figures released today
by Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane
Reding. There are now 40 million broadband lines in
the EU, an increase of 70% on last year. This
represents 45 000 new broadband lines on average per
day, up from 29 000 per day in 2003. The surge in
broadband take-up, driven by competition among market
players to provide consumers with faster, lower-priced
internet access, bodes well for the “i2010” strategy,
tabled today (see IP/05/643), to boost jobs and growth
in the digital economy. New entrants are stepping up
investment in broadband infrastructure to build market
share. Some European countries are among the top
performers in the world while others are lagging
behind.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/05/642
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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Sweden takes big stick to file-sharers
Sweden's anti-piracy group Antipiratbyrån (APB) has
reported 200 people to the police for breaking
copyright laws by exchanging music, games and films
online, according to Sweden's The Local.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/06/swedish_file_sharers/
uk: Parents urged to check downloads
A campaign is launched aimed at making parents aware
of their children's music downloading habits.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4072566.stm
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Al Gore wins Webby at tech fundis' night out
He isn't a typical IT expert, but Al Gore, the former
US presidential candidate, was among the winners at
the "Oscars for the Internet", or Webby Awards, held
in New York City this week.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw111820446583A141
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Gore-wins-a-Webby/2005/06/08/1118123872952.html
At Webby Awards, five words say it all
One of the more charming idiosyncrasies of the Webby
Awards, the annual awards for achievement in Web
creation, requires that recipients use five words, and
five words only, to make their acceptance speeches.
http://iht.com/articles/2005/06/08/business/webbies.php
eu: Firefox storms ahead in Europe
In Finland more than 30 percent of Web surfers used
Firefox. Germany and Hungary are not far behind
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39202162,00.htm
http://news.com.com/Firefox+growing+in+Europe%2C+too/2100-1032_3-5734529.html
us: Google now most valuable media company
Google took over the top spot as the most highly
valued media company this week, surpassing Time Warner
in just 10 months of trading as a public company.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5736395.html
Microsoft opens its Windows to end EU battle
Microsoft confirmed yesterday that it had made “tough
concessions” in its bid to end a five-year anti-trust
battle with the European Commission
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1643975,00.html
Windows to be sold without Media Player
Microsoft will release a version of its Windows
operating system without the Media Player application
on June 15 to comply with European Union anti-monopoly
rules, the company said on Wednesday.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8733384
EU praises Microsoft reform plans
The European Commission has praised Microsoft's
initial response to its antitrust ruling against the
company.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4613365.stm
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man charged with child porn in court
A MAN accused of possessing more than 16,000 child
pornography images has appeared briefly in a Sydney
court.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15548605%255E1702,00.html
au: Lions leader faces child porn charges
A senior government adviser and leader of the Lions
Club charity group has been charged with possessing
and downloading child pornography.
http://theage.com.au/news/National/Lions-leader-faces-child-porn-charges/2005/06/06/1117910228304.html
http://smh.com.au/news/National/Prominent-charity-group-leader-on-child-porn-charges/2005/06/06/1117910230783.html
ca: Child porn case 'Internet at its worst'
A Crown prosecutor says charges against a man accused
of molesting a young girl constitute the first time an
Alberta court has dealt with a case of child
pornography being broadcast live on the Internet via a
webcam.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2005/06/08/1076316-sun.html
uk: Computers seized during Operation Ore raids
DETECTIVES raided six addresses in Cambridgeshire in a
hunt for internet paedophiles.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2005/06/07/f4772014-5ada-4553-8bd5-09e096e50226.lpf
za: Child porn trial: couple denied appeal
A Russian couple convicted on charges of indecent
assault and the creation and possession of child
pornography have lost their application for leave to
appeal.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20050607092504819C720336
us: Chicago pediatrician pleads guilty to child
pornography charges
A Chicago pediatrician pleaded guilty Tuesday to
charges that he spent thousands of dollars collecting
hundreds of computer images of child pornography
including photos of victims as young as 4 years old
engaging in sex with adults.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/060705_ap_ns_pediatrician_porn.html
us: Charges include 24 counts of child pornography
A former Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputy faces 24
counts of possessing child pornography in connection
with alleged child sex abuse at a Ponchatoula church,
but the child pornography does not depict the alleged
abuse, authorities said Monday.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/060705/sub_deputy001.shtml
us: Angelina County Man Admits To Child Pornography
Charges
The U.S. Attorney's office says a 38 year old Angelina
County man has plead guilty to sexually exploiting
minors and possessing child pornography.
http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=3433938
us: Man gets probation in child porn case
An Edgewater man has been sentenced to 10 years'
probation after he entered a plea to several charges
of possessing child pornography, according to court
records.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/03AreaEAST04060805.htm
us: Man charged with downloading child porn
An Iowa City man faces a felony charge for allegedly
downloading child pornography in November on a
computer at the University of Iowa’s Hardin Library
for Health Sciences.
http://press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050607/NEWS01/50607004/1079/
http://www.gazetteonline.com/2005/06/07/Home/News/sexoffenderchildporn.htm
us: Child Porn Found On Man's Computer
Police in Mifflin County have arrested a Port Royal
man for possessing child pornography on his computer.
http://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/4578655/detail.html
us: Shelby County Man Arrested in Child Porn Bust
A Shelby county man who lived in an unincorporated
part of town between Bartlett and Lakeland has been
arrested on child pornography charges. The 52-year old
suspect confessed to having a Dell computer loaded
with movies and pictures of graphic child pornography.
http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=3427578
us: Jailed deputy faces 24 more counts in child sex
abuse scandal
Jailed former Tangipahoa Parish deputy Chris Labat has
been booked on 24 additional counts related to the
child and animal sex abuse scandal at the Hosanna
Church in Ponchatoula, a sheriff's spokeswoman said
Monday.
http://www.slidellsentry.com/articles/2005/06/07/news/news07.txt
us: Police investigate five for child porn possession
One million images were confiscated from five San
Mateo County men during a focused effort this year to
catch people possessing child pornography by the San
Mateo County Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task
Force, or SAFE.
http://www.smdailyjournal.org/article.cfm?issue=06-06-05&storyID=43716
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