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WSIS PrepCom 3
BTW, I am interested to know how many of you are here in Geneva for WSIS
Prepcom 3 and are following the Internet Governance debates. I am here and
if anyone is interested can give you updates. The IG Caucus has been making
great summaries of the meetings and I could see if that could be reposted on
this list if anyone is interested. Meanwhile, I would love to connect with
APPLe members if any are here in Geneva. I am here only till Tuesday next
week though.
Regards,
Laina Raveendran Greene
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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.ht
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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/AR2005091901
570.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.htm
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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%5E
15306-15319,00.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-hea
rts/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%5E
15306-15319,00.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/w132909
D38.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=200
5-09-22T153800Z_01_DIT256190_RTRUKOC_0_US-EU-DATARETENTION.xml
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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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/AR2005092200
302.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=2
005-09-21T125129Z_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-porn2205sep22,0,52476
87.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/AR2005092302
059.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.htm
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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_BasicA
rticle&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%20possess
ion%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/NEWS05/50
9250333/
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_senten
ce.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-
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