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nz: Texting teens double up to get cheap rates
Phone-savvy teens are getting the better of New
Zealand's biggest telecommunication companies.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3422821a11,00.html
eu: EU Insists It Won't Regulate the Internet
The European Union head office insisted Thursday that
it had no plans to regulate the Internet as it
launches new broadcasting rules later this year.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_INTERNET
China sets new rules on Internet news
China set new regulations on Internet news content on
Sunday, widening a campaign of controls it has imposed
on other Web sites, such as discussion groups.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9747039
http://theage.com.au/news/technology/china-moves-to-control-internet-content/2005/09/25/1127586739360.html
China steps up Web controls but investors untroubled
China's cyber police have intensified controls over
the country's 100 million Internet users in the past
few months but that hasn't stopped Western Web firms
from pushing ever farther into the booming market.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9735927
cn: A Cooler Look at Yahoo in China
The U.S. portal is getting pilloried for its role in
the imprisonment of a Chinese journalist. The affair,
however, isn't so simple
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2005/nf20050921_9883_db065.htm
cn: UN examines China's report on protection of
children's rights
The United Nations, on Monday and Tuesday, reviewed
the second periodic report of China on how China is
implementing the provisions of the Convention on the
Rights of the Child. ... Committee experts raised
questions related to adoption, birth registration,
child pornography, trafficking in children, the
family-planning policy, and so on.
http://english.people.com.cn/200509/21/eng20050921_209794.html
uk: Police and charity join forces to hunt internet
paedophiles
Children's charity the NSPCC has teamed up with the
police to trace children who have been pictured by
paedophiles to post on the internet, it was announced
today.
http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story/0,1074,1576922,00.html
uk: Child abuse victims to be traced
A pioneering project is under way to trace child abuse
victims whose pictures appear on the internet.
http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.139.htm
uk: VACANCY FOR ROLE OF IWF CHAIR
There is currently a vacancy for the role of
Independent Chair of the IWF, as the current Chair
concludes his term at the end of this year.
http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.137.htm
cn: Online journalist handed seven-year sentence for
'subversion' in China: media group
A Chinese court has convicted an online journalist on
subversion charges and sentenced him to seven years in
prison - the third such case this year, a court
official and a reporters' advocacy group said Friday.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/09-23-2005/3e3c000dab27058d.html
us: Recruits Sought for Porn Squad
The FBI is joining the Bush administration's War on
Porn. And it's looking for a few good agents.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/19/AR2005091901570.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050923-5346.html
us: Black Box Monitors Pervs
Florida State University researchers have developed a
system for gathering evidence against online predators
and cyberstalkers. The Predators and Prey Alert, or
Papa, system monitors all communications on a victim's
computer and helps police gather evidence in online
harassment and solicitation cases.
http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68881,00.html
us: Ugly scene for teens on screen
But posted in January by a 17-year-old Smithtown High
School student from Nesconset on a Web site called
MySpace.com - a popular cyber hangout swamped by
teenagers - the question dangles out there like a
virtual piñata.
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-liblog184431853sep18,0,1699114.story
http://p2pnet.net/story/6311
us: Political Bloggers Demand Speech Freedoms
Political bloggers who offer diverse views on
Republicans and Democrats, war and peace argued on
Thursday that they should be free of government
regulation.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_POLITICS
Blog censorship handbook released
A handbook that offers advice to bloggers who want to
protect themselves from recrimination and censors has
been released by Reporters Without Borders.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4271062.stm
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15083
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5876958.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CENSORSHIP_BLOG_HANDBOOK
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16694835%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9732774
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/23/rsf_handbook/
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/bloggers-handbook-to-help-dissidents/2005/09/23/1126982210616.html
Interpol turns to technology to fight child porn
Interpol will launch a big push to identify child sex
victims and prosecute abusers with the help of special
software that can minutely analyse pornographic
images, many from the internet, and spot vital
background clues.
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=20186
us: Downeast Parents Advised How to Keep Children Safe
Internet dangers abound for children and teenagers
from online sexual predators to pornographic Web sites
to opportunities to act promiscuously.
http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/archive/2005/09-22-05/ea_news3_09-22-05.html
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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au: Chat room link to Sydney crimes
A CRIME gang has used the internet to lure people to
meetings where some have been held at knifepoint,
kidnapped or robbed, NSW police say.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16686403%5E26199%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16690331%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://smh.com.au/news/technology/blinddate-chatroom-gang-strikes-lonely-hearts/2005/09/22/1126982166423.html
ca: Different Post, Different Outcome by Michael Geist
On the heels of the Ontario Court of Appeal Bangoura
decision, the B.C. Supreme Court has just released
another Internet jurisdiction finding. Rather than
the Washington Post, this case involves the New York
Post, which is being sued by former Vancouver Canucks
General Manager Brian Burke. The suit stems from a
column by Post hockey columnist Larry Brooks.
http://michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=964&Itemid=89&nsub=
http://www.out-law.com/page-6142
ca: Ontario Court of Appeal Reverses Bangoura Net
Jurisdiction Decision by Michael Geist
The Ontario Court of Appeal released its
much-anticipated Bangoura v. Washington Post decision
yesterday, reversing the lower court' s ruling that
asserted jurisdiction over the Post in a dispute over
an article published in 1997. The appellate court' s
reversal is welcome news since the case had the
potential to create a chilling effect on Internet
publication.
http://michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=959&Itemid=89&nsub=
Cards battle hits stalemate
SECURITY experts at the world's two biggest
credit-card associations said the battle against
internet-based thieves had reached a stalemate and the
industry would have to spend millions of dollars over
the next decade just to keep up with the criminals.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16673014%5E15331%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
uk/us: Google accused of misleading in Gmail row
Small British firm accuses American internet giant of
issuing misleading statements in growing row over
Gmail copyright
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1794307,00.html
ng: How And Why Cyber Crimes Thrive
Poverty, weak law and protection of internet crooks
have encouraged Internet swindlers to wreck more
havocs on their victims. Ken Nwogbo reports
http://allafrica.com/stories/200509220328.html
us: DEA Cracks Down on Illegal Rx Web Site
Drug enforcement agents said they arrested at least 18
people and halted prescription writing by dozens of
doctors and a pharmacist in a crackdown Wednesday on
illegal sales of medications over the Internet.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/09/21/national/w132909D38.DTL
us: EarthLink lands a win in phishing suit
EarthLink can't be held liable for incorrectly
identifying the Web site of a legitimate bank as a
fraudulent attempt to snatch customers' identities, a
federal judge has ruled.
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-5876077.html
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eu: Data retention proposal European Commission
The EU Commission yesterday has finalised its draft
directive on mandatory data retention
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number3.19/retention
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/22/comms_data_retention_proposal/
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9714979
us: Political bloggers say FEC shouldn't regulate
speech
Political bloggers who offer diverse views on
Republicans and Democrats, war and peace argued on
Thursday that they should be free of government
regulation.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-09-22-political-blogger_x.htm
eu: Top EU privacy body criticizes data storage plan
The European Commission's plan to store details of
e-mails and telephone calls to combat terrorism does
not respect the fundamental right to privacy, the EU's
top adviser on data protection said on Thursday.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2005-09-22T153800Z_01_DIT256190_RTRUKOC_0_US-EU-DATARETENTION.xml
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uk: Kids to teach elderly net skills
Young people are being encouraged to take on the role
of internet trainer to help their grandparents get
online.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4276068.stm
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us: Colleges offer legit downloads
More than half a million students at nearly 70
colleges and universities now have access to
legitimate music download services, according to a
report given to Congress on Wednesday by a joint
entertainment industry-university task force.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/22/AR2005092200302.html
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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The Net's Next 10 Years
Just ten years after Netscape went public, the
Internet has woven its way into the social fabric and
the rhythms of our personal and working lives. In
fact, most of us find it impossible to imagine life
without the Web. For one thing, it would be less
efficient, in both easily measurable and intangible
ways. We would be less connected with family and
friends, and less tuned in to the world at work. Look
for much more to come over the next ten years, both
positive transformations and potentially devastating
changes.
http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=157265,00.asp
The Great Internet Transformation? A First Stab
Is it just a coincidence that some of the leading
Internet-based application companies are pushing
aggressively into network connectivity at exactly the
same time the major telephone companies are pushing
into content? Or are we witnessing the end of the
Internet as we know it? Think back to the online world
fifteen years ago. There was AOL, there was
Compuserve, there was Prodigy, and there was Apple's
eWorld. Sure, there were researchers and students
posting to Usenet newsgroups and navigating through
Gopher sites, but the Internet was a sideshow for
individuals and business users. ...the online world of
those days was fragmented and small. Every online
service was an island. Are we going back to those
days?
http://www.circleid.com/article/1214_0_1_0_C/
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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eu: Crackdown on European child porn
Police have carried out a series of raids targeting
child pornography suspects as part of a joint
operation involving six European countries.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4267744.stm
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2005-09-21T125129Z_01_YUE146225_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-CRIME-PORNOGRAPHY.XML
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/europol-conducts-child-porn-raids/2005/09/22/1126982153849.html
au: Man faces 22 child sex charges
A MAN has been charged with a total of 22 child sex
offences, which New South Wales police allege occurred
over a 12-year period.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16715303-2,00.html
au: Adelaide man arrested over child porn
A 22-year-old Adelaide man has been charged under new
laws that combat online child pornography.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1466417.htm
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/child-porn-raids-lead-to-adelaide/2005/09/22/1126982153859.html
uk: Swim coach denies porn allegation
A Cambridge swim coach is under investigation after
pornographic images were found on a computer. The
images were found on a laptop belonging to the City of
Cambridge Swimming Club and used by former club coach
Tim Westlake.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2005/09/24/89fb8785-66b7-4903-bb4f-db8d4c7a3615.lpf
us: x-Longwood man arrested on 982 counts of child
porn
A former Longwood resident was arrested Wednesday on
982 counts of possessing child pornography after his
estranged wife found more than two dozen compact discs
with photos and videos on them.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/seminole/orl-porn2205sep22,0,5247687.story
us: BURNSVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH PRODUCING,
DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (news release)
As a result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and local
law enforcement agencies, a Burnsville man made an
initial appearance in federal court today after being
criminally charged for allegedly using prepubescent
girls to produce child pornography in his basement.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/050923minneapolis.htm
us: NEW YORK CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST ARRESTED FOR CHILD
PORN (news release)
The Suffolk County Police Department Computer Crimes
Section and the U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) Resident Agent-in-Charge Office in
Long Island today announced the arrest of a Long
Island-based child psychologist for possession of
child pornography.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/050922longisland.htm
us: CHILD PORNOGRAPHER SENTENCED TO 293 MONTHS?
IMPRISONMENT (news release)
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the
Southern District of Florida, Jesus Torres, Special
Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), Michael S. Clemens, Special
Agent-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), Miami Field Division, Broward County Sheriff
Ken Jenne, and St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara,
announced that defendant, Kelly Ray Jones, 40, of Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida was sentenced today by United
States District Judge James I. Cohn to a term of 293
months? imprisonment for conspiring to possess child
pornography and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/050916miami.htm
us: ORANGE COUNTY MAN WHO ?WEB-CAST? EXPLICIT IMAGES
OF A PRE-SCHOOL-AGED RELATIVE INDICTED FOR CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY (news release)
An Orange County man who engaged in sex acts with a
then four-year-old relative and web-cast the images
over the Internet to computer users in Texas and
Indiana has been indicted by a federal grand jury on
charges of producing and possessing child pornography.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/050921santaana.htm
us: VCU Student's Friend Faces Porn Charges
A 38-year-old photographer who was one of the last
people to see missing college student Taylor Marie
Behl was arrested yesterday in Richmond and charged
with 16 counts of possessing child pornography, police
said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/23/AR2005092302059.html
us: Tomah man charged with child porn
A Tomah, Wis., man who worked as a care technician at
a treatment facility for sexual predators, pleaded not
guilty to a federal charge that he distributed child
pornography over the Internet earlier this year.
http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2005/09/22/news/z7news22.txt
us: Police: Porn sent to PHS
Police were called to the high school Thursday to
investigate an employee complaint about child
pornography disseminated through the school?s
electronic mail system.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/09242005/news/64607.htm
us: Ex-state worker charged in child porn case
A former worker at the state's psychiatric hospital
for children in Las Vegas pleaded guilty in Clark
County District Court to possessing child pornography,
the Nevada attorney general's office said.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-crime/2005/sep/22/519398343.html
us: Video store owner charged with child porn
The owner of a video game store was arrested today on
charges he had child pornography in his business
computer, police said.
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=19212
us: South Salem High School coach accused in porn case
resigns
South Salem High School basketball coach Rodney
Howard, who is accused of disseminating child
pornography on the Internet, has resigned.
http://www.katu.com/salem/story.asp?ID=79889
http://www.kptv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3893682
us: Missoula doctor accused of enticement of minor,
child porn
A Missoula doctor arrested when he showed up for a
rendezvous with an undercover federal agent posing as
a young girl pleaded not guilty Tuesday to enticement
and child pornography charges.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/09/22/montana/hjjejahhjjjgfi.txt
us: Man who knew Behl charged
Richmond Police yesterday arrested an amateur
photographer - one of the last people to see Virginia
Commonwealth University freshman Taylor Behl before
she vanished Sept. 5 - and charged him with 16 counts
of possession of child pornography.
http://timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031785248145
us: Pastor: I tried to warn church
A Bucks County priest told his parishioners at a Mass
on Saturday that he tried to alert officials at the
Philadelphia Archdiocese that a fellow priest was
obsessed with child pornography, but despite his
warnings the clergyman was simply transferred to other
churches and permitted to remain active in the
priesthood.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-2masssep25,0,3512456.story
us: Plant City man charged with possessing child porn
A Plant City man who operates a video game store in
Temple Terrace has been charged with 33 counts of
possession of child pornography.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/23/Hillsborough/Plant_City_man_charge.shtml
us: Teacher Charged With Possession Of Child Porn
An area music teacher has been charged with six counts
of child pornography, and police are asking for help
identifying some of the photographed children.
http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/5011311/detail.html
us: Former Teacher Facing Child Pornography Charges
A former Marlborough (New Hampshire) elementary school
teacher faces felony child pornography charges.
http://www.wlbz2.com/home/article.asp?id=26853
us: Epsom music teacher charged for child porn
A former Epsom music teacher who most recently worked
at Ted Herbert?s Music and Art Center in Manchester
faces six child pornography charges involving two boys
who were his music students.
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=60876
us: Psychologist guilty in child-porn case
A Northport psychologist admitted in court Thursday
that he downloaded child pornography onto a computer
at a Commack preschool where he worked.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liporn0922,0,2561851.story
us: Fireman found in possession of child pornography
One of Cabot?s own firemen was arrested and faces
felony charges for possession of child pornography.
http://www.cabotstarherald.com/Pages/09-21-05/Fireman%20found%20in%20possession%20of%20%20child%20pornography.htm
us: Endangerment suspect had child-porn arrest
A Highland man arrested last week on child
endangerment charges was arrested in 2002 on child
pornography charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office said
Thursday.
http://poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050925/NEWS05/509250333/
us: Ex-Marlborough teacher charged with having child
pornography
A former Marlborough elementary school teacher faces
felony child pornography charges after he allegedly
sent a sexually explicit video clip of young boys to
an undercover Keene police detective.
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=60849
us: Child porn suspect in court
Probable cause was found Monday to pursue charges of
child pornography against a Kewanee woman who is in
jail under $100,000 bond.
http://www.starcourier.com/articles/2005/09/21/local_news/local4.txt
us: Navy man sentenced for producing child porn
Nathan A. Wilson, 28, of Va. Beach, will spend 10
years behind bars and the other 40 were suspended on
the following conditions, according to the city's
Commowealth's Attorney: stay on good behavior,
indeterminate supervised probation, have no
unsupervised contact with minors, don't own or use of
computers without the permission of the probation
department, don't possess pornography, have no contact
with one of the victims, and pay restitution for any
therapy needed by the victims.
http://www.wvec.com/news/vabeach/stories/wvec_local_092205_child_porn_sentence.81d1cb1d.html
us: Ex-school bus driver guilty of abusing young
relative
Gary N. Wayman, former bus driver in Community
Consolidated School District 59, was sentenced to
three years in prison after pleading guilty Sept. 14
to felony charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse
and possession of child pornography.
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/eg/09-22-05-695304.html
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