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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: An angel on cyber space patrol
NEW NORFOLK police officer Peter Sweetlove spends his
days fighting crime on the streets and his nights
fighting crime in cyber space as a CyberAngel.
http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16785868%255E3462,00.html
cy: Fighting the illegal use of the internet
A NEW website, SafeWeb, has been launched in Cyprus,
aimed at targeting improper use of the internet. The
website describes itself as a hotline service of
Cyprus dedicated to contribute to the restraint of
distribution of illegal content over the Internet.
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=22120&cat_id=9
us: The new pornography
The amount of sexual content currently available on
the Internet is not only a telling sign of how much
time and money is spent by the American public, but
also how deep our fascination with pornography really
runs. One year ago, a report on the CBS news program
?60 Minutes? estimated that Americans spend around $10
billion a year on adult entertainment.
http://www.ccchronicle.com/paper/opinions.php?id=1709
za: Community protests against child pornography
School children and members of the community of
Galeshewe and surrounding areas have taken to the
streets of Kimberley in protest against child
pornography.
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,113335,00.html
us: Cyber bullies: How to cope
Just finished reading Lillian de la Torre's Elizabeth
is Missing or Truth Triumphant - An Eighteenth Century
Mystery' (Michael Joseph, London, 1947). I had a first
edition copy lurking in my cabinet for I don't know
how many years, waiting no doubt for me to find it.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1501304,000200170000.htm
np: Government blocks access to websites with content
about Maoists
In the top right-hand corner of the website for the
International Nepal Solidarity Network (INSN), there
is a quote that reads: "The website so good, it's
banned in Nepal."
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=30692
China defends web control
CHINA has defended new restrictions on online news
content, saying that every country regulates the
internet.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16747739%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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ru: Bad laws make Russia haven for child
pornographers: experts
Russia's weak and poorly enforced laws against child
pornography have turned the country into a haven for
paedophiles, participants at a conference in Moscow
devoted to the problem said this week.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050930/lf_afp/russiacrimepornography_050930151527
Singapore prosecutes bloggers with colonial law once
used against communist insurgents
A British colonial law which helped fight a communist
insurgency is now being used to prosecute three ethnic
Chinese accused of writing racist remarks about ethnic
Malays on the Internet, as authorities attempt to
crack down on racial intolerance and regulate online
expression.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/10-01-2005/ffd8002247b1004d.html
Online safety threats lurk in instant messages
Most internet users know to be leery of email
attachments, even when they seem to come from a friend
or colleague. These days, however, they also have to
be careful of instant messaging attachments and links
? because the virus writers are already there, too.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/0A194CF39090E970CC25708F0016DF79
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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us: Teen blogs raising parental alarms
Any chance she gets, Terra Pratt is on her computer.
She muses about her day or shares unusual experiences.
The 17-year-old records her thoughts on multiple Web
logs, or blogs, for her friends or strangers to read.
http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/10/2BLOG.html
James Boyle: More rights are wrong for webcasters
James BoyleI teach intellectual property law, a
subject that is attracting attention from economists,
political scientists and people who simply want to
make money. These, after all, are the rules that
define the hightechnology marketplace. Are we doing a
good job of writing those rules? The answer is no.
Three tendencies stand out.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/441306be-2eb6-11da-9aed-00000e2511c8.html
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FILE SHARING
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Canada record biz seeks tougher downloading law
Canadian record companies on Thursday urged the
Canadian government to get tough on teenage music
downloaders, as they expressed frustration with
efforts to tighten copyright laws.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=industryNews&storyID=2005-09-30T062345Z_01_FLE022854_RTRIDST_0_INDUSTRY-MUSIC-CANADA-DC.XML
us: Record industry sues hundreds for file-sharing
A trade group representing the U.S. music industry
said on Thursday it filed lawsuits against 757 people
it claims used online file-sharing networks to
illegally trade in copyrighted songs.
http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2005-09-30T010750Z_01_HAR945012_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-PIRACY.xml
us: Court Ruling Taking Toll on Music Sharing
The Supreme Court has forced services that allow users
to trade songs for free to face a choice: Go
legitimate, as the music industry says, shut down, or
move outside U.S. jurisdiction.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/30/AR2005093001681.html
Global music sales decline but digital tunes gain
Global music sales fell 1.9 percent in the first half
of 2005, but the industry cheered a tripling of
digital music sales, spurred by mobile phone
"ringtunes" and Apple's iTunes Music Store.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9811747
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Google Morphs Into Multifaceted Juggernaut
In just seven years, Google has morphed from a
bare-bones online search engine into a technological
octopus that seems to sprout another intriguing
tentacle every other week.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GROWING_GOOGLE
Yahoo backs digital library plan
Yahoo is helping create a digital library of books,
video and audio to rival the one being set up by
Google.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4304192.stm
EC to rival Google with massive digital library
The European Commission has proposed a far-reaching
effort to preserve our 'collective memory' by putting
Europe's written and audiovisual heritage online
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39225402,00.htm
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Townsville man to face child porn charges
A 43-year-old man has been arrested on child
pornography charges in north Queensland.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1473281.htm
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16790386-1248,00.html
au: Man pleads guilty to child porn charges
A Darwin man has pleaded guilty to 35 counts of
possessing child pornography.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1471108.htm
us: Child sex offender busted by Yahoo faces 15 year
sentence
A convicted sex offender here in Charlotte now faces
child pornography charges and up to 15 years in
prison. Alan Whitesides is under federal lock and key
as he stares down his sentence.
http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/stories/093005-ad-wcnc-child_.aca716e8.html
us: Frederiksen indicted for possession of child
pornography
A Charles City man, the fiance of slain 5-year-old
Evelyn Miller?s mother, is being held in the Linn
County Jail on child pornography possession charges.
http://globegazette.com/articles/2005/10/01/local/doc433e08424bb87241984396.txt
us: Man close to Evelyn Miller indicted for child porn
A man who lived with 5-year-old Evelyn Miller and her
mother entered a plea of not guilty in federal court
today on child pornography charges.
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050930/NEWS01/50930003/
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3920362
us: Teacher Arrested for Child Pornography
Henderson Police arrested a fifth-grade teacher
Thursday on four counts of lewdness with a minor under
the age of 14 and 10 counts of possession of child
pornography.
http://www.klastv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3918283
us: Loogootee Man Faces Possession Of Child Porn
Charges
A former child welfare worker faces charges of
distributing and possessing child pornography after
police discovered a large volume of child porn in his
home.
http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=3924881
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3925115
us: Hospital employee arrested on 150 counts of child
porn
A contract worker at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater
County was charged with 150 counts of possession of
child pornography on a warrant out of Lake County,
Fla.
http://casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/10/02/news/wyoming/da8ec7b43b37e7ae8725708c00569c97.txt
us: Ex-judge acquitted by reason of insanity of
possessing child porn
A federal jury today acquitted a retired Superior
Court judge on a charge of possession of child
pornography by reason of insanity but convicted him of
crossing international borders to engage in sex with a
minor.
http://courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050930/NEWS01/50930002/
us: Jury indicts man on child porn charges
A Palmyra man has been indicted on possession of child
pornography charges, following a Department of Justice
investigation.
http://theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051001/NEWS01/510010328/
us: NJ Judge Found Guilty Of Child Exploitation
A federal jury on Friday convicted a former state
judge of traveling to Russia to have sex with a
teenage boy but said insanity led the Vietnam veteran
to acquire a collection of child pornography.
http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_273164109.html
us: Mountain View man sentenced on child-porn charges
A federal judge has sentenced a 46-year-old Mountain
View resident to 37 months in prison for possessing
child pornography.
http://www.miami.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/peninsula/12787179.htm
us: Police Find Child Porn, Charge Cambria County Man
After police searched the home and computer of Craig
Blick, of Cambria County, their months of building a
case against the 27-year-old became valid. They found
dozens of images of children engaged in sexual
activity with adults. Blick faces 341 counts of sexual
abuse of children.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/5037731/detail.html
us: FORMER PALO ALTO EXECUTIVE SENTENCED TO 37 MONTHS
FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (news release)
A Japanese national and former executive for a Silicon
Valley company has been sentenced to 37 months in
prison and three years of supervised release on a
possession of child pornography charge.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/050930sanjose.htm
us: Ex-school bus driver guilty of abusing girl
Gary N. Wayman, former bus driver in 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/mp/09-29-05-695305.html
us: Lake doctor arrested on child porn charges
A former Leesburg doctor now working for an emergency
room in Rock Springs, Wy., has been arrested on 150
counts of possession of child pornography, police
said.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-bk-arrest092905,0,5034842.story
us: Wayne man held in online attempt to lure girl
A Wayne man who allegedly engaged in sexually explicit
online conversations with a 12-year-old girl and tried
to lure her to a meeting was arrested Wednesday on
child pornography charges, Passaic County Sheriff
Jerry Speziale said.
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1OSZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Njc4MTY5OSZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM=
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