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general internet news - 16 June
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Net bullies destroy a man's life
NEW legislation targeting cyberbullies is likely after
police said they had no means of prosecuting the
creator of a malicious website about Hurlstone
Agricultural High.
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1260&storyid=3280801
my: Cabinet endorses measures against online smut
Smut is out at cyber cafés. A new ruling requires
owners to filter obscene and indecent content on the
net before they are given a licence.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/6/15/nation/11221928
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Malaysia-cracks-down-on-cyber-smut-report/2005/06/15/1118645850401.html
kr: Online Video Clips to Receive Ratings
Violent video clips circulated over the Internet and
cell phones will be subject to rating as part of
government efforts to crack down on violence.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200506/kt2005061419145911970.htm
cn: China's internet censorship stranglehold can't
last
They call it the Great Firewall of China - an
elaborate system of software filters that dictates
what internet content China's 100 million web users
are allowed to access.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=466&ObjectID=10329896
cn: 'Freedom,' 'democracy' taboo words on Chinese
Internet
Chinese bloggers, even on foreign-sponsored sites, had
better choose their words carefully ? the censors are
watching.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-06-14-chineseInternet_x.htm
cn: Microsoft censors its blog tool
Reporters Without Borders said it was disgusted to
find that Microsoft was censoring the Chinese version
of its blog tool, MSN spaces, the system automatically
rejecting words including "democracy" and "Dalai
Lama". Following Yahoo !, here is a second American
Internet giant giving way to the Chinese authorities
and agreeing to self-censorship.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14069
cn: Microsoft Censors Chinese Blogs
The company works with the communist country to scrub
dirty words -- like "democracy" and "human rights" --
from its new MSN China portal.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67842,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4088702.stm
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_MICROSOFT
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/14/microsoft_disgust/
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3314297a28,00.html
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Microsoft-accused-of-censorship/2005/06/14/1118645766028.html
http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39131146,00.htm
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8789406
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1506976,00.html
MSN China wird zensiert
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/60593
China verlangt Registrierung aller Web-Sites
74 Prozent aller Sites bereits erfasst - Private und
kommerzielle Sites müssen gemeldet werden - Reporter
ohne Grenzen kritisiert Vorgehen
http://derstandard.at/?id=2078096
Keine "Freiheit" in Microsoft-Blogs
http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=268408&tmp=40885
us: Gloucester County, NJ Looks to Crackdown on Web
Child Predators
The Gloucester County prosecutor has set up a unit
specifically targeting those trolling for kids on the
world wide web.
http://www.kyw1060.com/news_story_detail.cfm?newsitemid=47014
fr: Les FAI contraints de bloquer l'accès au site
révisionniste AAARGH
Les fournisseurs d'accès français vont devoir empêcher
l'accès de leurs clients au site révisionniste AAARGH.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050613/7/4glsc.html
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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us: Poll: Most Want U.S. to Make Internet Safe
Most Americans believe the government should do more
to make the Internet safe, but they don't trust the
federal institutions that are largely responsible for
creating and enforcing laws online, according to a new
industry survey.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/15/AR2005061500175.html
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Americans-want-govt-to-make-net-safe/2005/06/15/1118645855493.html
The State Of Internet Security
E-mails from Nigeria asking for your help in
transferring money. Important information about
compromised bank accounts.
http://forbes.com/technology/2005/06/14/verisign-internet-security-cx_fr_0614verisign.html
Ecommerce growth spurs scammers
A 31 percent growth in ecommerce transactions in the
last year has been accompanied by a rise in pharming
attacks, security firm Verisign has said.
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=19105
us: Feds vulnerable to lots of Net threats
Federal agencies are not prepared to deal with the
triple Internet menaces of spam, phishing and spyware,
government auditors have concluded.
http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-5746822.html
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POLICY
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us: Pa. bill targets cyber crime
Pennsylvania legislation aimed at battling cyber crime
will be formally introduced on Monday. Among, the
legislative package is a bill introduced by State Rep.
Stan Saylor, R-York, which would make it illegal to
transmit spyware, adware and other malware (the
general classification of malicious programs that harm
computer operating systems) onto computers.
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2005/06/13/daily4.html
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SPAM
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Phishing complaints double in Australia
The number of people complaining about falling victim
to or being targeted by a phishing scam has doubled in
Australia over the past few months, according to the
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
(ASIC).
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39197111,00.htm
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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uk: Two million texts for Live 8 tickets
Live 8 has started breaking records ? three weeks
before the event takes place. The text message lottery
for tickets to the London concert closed at midnight,
having received over 2 million entries. This makes it
the world?s largest ever text message lottery.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-1652548,00.html
uk: eBay to ban Live 8 ticket sales
Bob Geldof brands the sale of Live 8 tickets on the
internet auction site eBay as "sick profiteering".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4090774.stm
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5745767.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1506816,00.html
uk: EBay stoppt Auktion von Live-8-Tickets
http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=268477
Gamers turn cities into a battleground
Matt has been abandoned on Tower Bridge, London, with
nothing except his clothes and a mobile phone. A woman
dressed in black walks past, and Matt receives a text
message to follow her. He doesn't know who she is, or
where she is going. All he knows is that he must
follow her if he is to find Uncle Roy. ... So game
designers face the challenge of how to preclude
"cyber-stalking", and protect the safety of the public
and players, especially children, who might wander
into unsafe situations or places. But ultimately,
urban games may encourage a generation of console
geeks to get off the sofa. "I have literally run
around a park interacting with virtual creatures,"
says Hilton. "I'm going to have to get seriously fit
if I want to develop one game I'm working on."
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7498
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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Come On Music Biz, Embrace P2P (OECD report)
File-swapping networks alone are not to blame for the
recording industry's woes and might plausibly be
converted into legitimate channels for distributing
music, one of Europe's most influential economic
bodies has concluded.
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67820,00.html
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=oecdalertsgovernme1118752144
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=8450
OECD: Online-Musikgeschäft verlangt mehr Kreativität
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/60611
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Microsoft warns of critical flaws
Windows users are urged to download the latest
security updates from Microsoft to fix critical flaws.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4094856.stm
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Second man charged after bikie gang raids
Police have charged a second Gippsland man after raids
on properties connected to the Coffin Cheaters
motorcycle gang.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1392403.htm
nz: Ex-councillor to defend himself on porn charges
A former Rotorua district councillor has decided to
represent himself in his fight against allegations he
possessed images of child pornography. Chris Campbell,
36, will no longer be represented by lawyer Murray
McKechnie.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10330725
eu: "Operation Icebreaker" Targets Child Pornography
Traders.
"Operation Icebreaker", the code name of a
multinational investigation into the sordid world of
online child pornography traders, conducted raids on
150 locations thorough Europe. The raids were carried
out in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary,
Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the
Slovak Republic, Sweden and the UK.
http://www.chatmag.com/news/061405_operation_icebreaker.html
eu/us: Austria, United States Jointly Investigate
Child Pornography (news releases)
Austrian authorities are cooperating with the United
States in a massive investigation of child pornography
suspects that is part of Operation Predator, a project
of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
http://usinfo.state.gov/eur/Archive/2005/Jun/14-622608.html
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/050613washington.htm
eu: Police hail success of European child pornography
raid
POLICE across Europe were last night claiming a major
victory in the battle against the internet trade in
child pornography following raids on 150 addresses in
13 countries, including the UK.
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=656302005
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/152779/1/.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/14/porn.raid.ap/index.html
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1616356,00.html
http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=b97d0443-bc2f-4dae-b6ab-88cf726b6e61
http://expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=24&story_id=21041&name=17+Belgian+arrests+in+Europol+child+porn+raids
http://expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=21030&name=Europol+in+biggest+ever+child+porn+raid
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/06/14/fbiporn.shtml
http://smh.com.au/news/World/Police-in-13-nations-bust-kid-porn-ring/2005/06/15/1118645837009.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/15/euro_child_abuse_raids/
at: Austrian police raid 120
Acting on leads provided by US officials, Austrian
agents raided 120 houses in a major crackdown on child
pornography, indicting 35 suspects and seizing
thousands of CDs, DVDs, videocassettes and computer
hard drives, authorities said Monday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/jun/15/yehey/world/20050615wor1.html
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/13/content_451050.htm
ca: Child porn images reviewed
A judge and lawyers spent yesterday morning reviewing
23 images of child pornography alleged to have been
found in the home of a Winnipeg police officer.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2005/06/15/1089186-sun.html
ca: Child porn trial for Winnipeg cop
A Winnipeg court has been told about 20 images of
child pornography were found on five computer
diskettes seized from the home of a veteran Winnipeg
cop.
http://www.canada.com/nanaimo/story.html?id=969912e3-30a2-426a-8c5b-9f71f21abdcc
ca: Golden son to appear in court
The son of former city councillor and mayoral
candidate Al Golden will appear in court tomorrow on
charges of Internet luring and producing child
pornography.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2005/06/15/1089195-sun.html
us: Child-porn sweep taxing but necessary, agent says
The State Bureau of Investigation searched 58 houses
in the past week looking for computers holding child
pornography, but the agent in charge of the bureau's
computer-crimes unit said there's more work ahead.
http://journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783297239
http://news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/mecklenburg/?ArID=95522
us: Child Pornography Ring Busted
The State Bureau of Investigation has carried out more
than 50 search warrants in the past week to fight the
spread of child pornography. Several of those warrants
are in the Wilmington area.
http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=3472451
us: Online posts spark child porn case
The case against an Asheville man charged with
swapping pictures of children engaged in sex acts
started with the discovery of obscene images posted to
a Yahoo file-sharing group called ?I_love_em_2.?
http://citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050615/NEWS01/50614025/
us: Nemchick to stand trial on 53 child porm
allegations,
McKeesport resident Leona Evans said she hopes Nathan
Nemcik didn't cause harm to any children through his
use of the Internet.
http://zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14693526&BRD=1282&PAG=461&dept_id=182121
us: Cortland man faces child pornography charges
Federal authorities say a central New York man faces
several charges after FBI agents seized child
pornography from his home.
http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regional.asp?selection=article_35374
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=3470987
us: Ex-FBI sniper sentenced for child porn
A longtime FBI agent who helped arrest infamous outlaw
Claude Dallas has been sentenced to a year in prison
for possessing child pornography.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/14/agent.porn.ap/index.html
http://billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/06/14/build/nation/82-fbi-agent.inc
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/632/06-14-2005/1c8800073668914a.html
us: Deputies: Raid turns up pot, child porn
A father and son face child pornography and drug
charges in Aloha.
http://www.kptv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3474726
us: Canandaigua man arrested for child pornography
State Police say 51-year old David Schaeffer was
uploading child pornographic images to the internet.
http://www.wroctv.com/news/story.asp?id=18412
http://rochesterdandc.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050614/NEWS01/506150308/
us: Man faces more child pornography charges
A Lancaster man indicted last year on federal child
pornography charges is facing more charges related to
the case.
http://www.thelancasternews.com/articles/2005/06/12/news/news04_porn.txt
us: New Orleans Man Booked On Child Porn Charges
A New Orleans man is facing charges of child
pornography.
http://www.theneworleanschannel.com/news/4608218/detail.html
us: Child porn possession brings 41-month term
A Buffalo man was sentenced Monday to more than three
years in prison after admitting possessing child
pornography on his computer, the U.S. attorney's
office reported.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050614/6061986.asp
us: More Arrests Expected In N.C. Child Porn Bust
State agents said more people may face charges in one
of North Carolina's biggest child porn busts.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/4603695/detail.html
http://www.wral.com/news/4603413/detail.html
http://www.heraldsun.com/state/6-616643.html
http://jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=32574
us: LaPlace man's computer leads to child porn arrest
A LaPlace man was arrested on June 8 involving child
pornography, after a week-long investigation and a tip
given to the Attorney General's Special Unit, ICAC.
http://www.lobservateur.com/articles/2005/06/14/news/news03.txt
us: Local men arrested in child porn bust
Two Charlotte men were among dozens rounded up Monday
in a statewide child pornography sweep. It was an
effort to flush out those who use the Internet to
exploit children.
http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/cleveland/?AC=&ArID=95522&SecID=6
us: District Man Charged With Distributing Pornography
Federal authorities have charged a District man with
trafficking in child pornography over the Internet.
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0605/235572.html
us: Child pornography puts 2 men in federal prison
Two Western New York men were sentenced Friday to
federal prison for possessing child pornography,
according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050611/3068204.asp
us: Former Pastor Indicted
Channel 6 News has uncovered a child pornography case
- with ties to a former Cambria County church pastor.
http://www.wjactv.com/news/4608782/detail.html
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