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general internet news - 13 February
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Chinese man 'jailed due to Yahoo'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4695718.stm
da: Danish Web sites hacked over Mohammad cartoons
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6036814.html
European Commission to assess filters
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0206/ec.htm
jp: Web suicide pacts surge in Japan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4695864.stm
au: New rules to catch predators
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18101447%5E26199%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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us: Measuring Broadband?s Economic Impact by William
H. Lehr, Carlos A. Osorio, Sharon E. Gillett
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Does broadband matter to the economy? Numerous studies
have focused on whether there is a digital divide, on
regulatory impacts and investment incentives, and on
the factors influencing where broadband is available.
However, given how recently broadband has been
adopted, little empirical research has investigated
its economic impact. This paper presents estimates of
the effect of broadband on a number of indicators of
economic activity, including employment, wages, and
industry mix, using a cross-sectional panel data set
of communities (by zip code) across the United States.
http://cfp.mit.edu/groups/broadband/docs/2005/MeasuringBB_EconImpact.pdf
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Chinese man 'jailed due to Yahoo'
Internet firm Yahoo is accused of giving data to China
which led to the arrest of another online writer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4695718.stm
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1706736,00.html
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0230000RYEU7
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=38891
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/afc12422-998c-11da-a12a-0000779e2340.html
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2032242,00.html
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16402
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/10/yahoo_china_cyber-dissident_flak/
Yahoo had role in '03 China case, group says
The Chinese authorities used information obtained from
the American Internet company Yahoo in 2003 to convict
a Chinese citizen of "inciting subversion," a French
human rights group has said.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/02/09/business/YAHOO.php
China swoops on 'unhealthy' sites
CHINESE regulators closed down more than 2,000
websites last year because they had too much sex,
violence or politics, state media reported.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18066845%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
se: Website shut down for using Mohammed cartoons
A Swedish Internet provider has shut down the website
of an extreme right fringe party after authorities
voiced concerns about a Prophet Mohammed drawing
contest posted on the site.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1139565960849B263
da: Danish Web sites hacked over Mohammad cartoons
Hackers have broken into about 600 Danish Web sites to
post threats and protest against satirical cartoons of
the Prophet Mohammad, an Internet monitoring group
said Wednesday.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6036814.html
us: They Saved the Internet's Soul
On the 10-year anniversary of civil libertarians'
challenge to the first internet censorship law, the
freedom fighters who kept the net from becoming the
Disney Channel square off against new challenges in a
more complicated world.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70185-0.html
European Commission to assess filters
The Safer Internet Programme has initiated a study
aiming at an independent assessment of the filtering
software and services.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0206/ec.htm
Iceland focuses on net ethics
Safe Internet Day was a high-profile event in Iceland.
The Minister of Education launched a conference on net
ethics and there was a public debate at both local and
national level about safer internet issues.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0206/is.htm
Slovenia organises round table on Safer Internet Day
On 7 February, Slovenian Awareness Node SAFE-SI
organised a successful and well-attended round table
entitled "Education and ethics of young people on the
internet."
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0206/si.htm
uk: Childnet And Cisco Systems Teach Primary School
Children To Use The Internet Safely 31 January 2006
Childnet International and Cisco Systems have
successfully completed the pilot phase of their
?Kidsmart? volunteering project, designed to help
pupils in primary schools use the Internet safely.
Childnet International employees and volunteers from
Cisco Systems worked in partnership to teach over
1,000 pupils, across nine primary schools in the Tower
Hamlets region of London.
http://www.childnet-int.org/news/articles/310106.html
Google?s Chinese website criticized for censorship
Although Google is fighting a U.S. Justice Department
probe into Internet pornography, it has begun
acquiescing to the Chinese government.
http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/5469.article
cn: No word from missing activist as police step up
surveillance
The whereabouts of rights activist Yang Maodong
remained unclear yesterday as authorities stepped up
surveillance of his associates in a hunger strike
campaign in Beijing.
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=38892
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LEGAL, SECURITY AND PRIVACY
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jp: Web suicide pacts surge in Japan
The number of Japanese who killed themselves in
suicide pacts made over the internet rose sharply last
year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4695864.stm
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=38921
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1706770,00.html
us: White House discloses details on surveillance
In a sign that political pressure from other
Republicans is having an effect, the White House on
Wednesday disclosed details about its domestic spying
program in a secret meeting with members of a House of
Representatives intelligence panel.
http://news.com.com/White+House+discloses+details+on+surveillance/2100-1028_3-6037145.html
U.S. Concludes 'Cyber Storm' Mock Attacks
The government concluded its "Cyber Storm" wargame
Friday, its biggest-ever exercise to test how it would
respond to devastating attacks over the Internet from
anti-globalization activists, underground hackers and
bloggers.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CYBER_STORM
us/au: Government systems tested in cyber-terror
exercise
Australian government computer systems were put to the
test today as the nation took part in a United
States-led cyber-terrorism planning exercise.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Government_systems_tested_in_cyber_terror_exercise/0,2000061744,39237443,00.htm
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/australia-tests-cyberterrorism-defences/2006/02/09/1139379611099.html
Privacy fears over Google?s new software
A digital rights group has urged customers to refrain
from taking up the latest version of Google?s desktop
software, which it says greatly increases the risk to
personal privacy.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2b4e31b4-9a3e-11da-8b63-0000779e2340.html
EFF issues Google Desktop warning
Google has released a revamped version of its desktop
search tool which introduces the ability to search the
contents of one computer from another. Previous
versions of the tool indexed files on user's PCs, but
using the optional "Search Across Computers" facility
in Google Desktop 3 temporarily stores text copies of
searchable items on Google's own servers for up to 30
days.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/10/google_desktop_privacy_kerfuffle/
my: E-mail scams stoop to new low
Get-rich quick e-mail scams that solicit small amounts
of money purportedly in exchange for large returns are
not new to Internet users in the country.
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2006/2/6/technology/13313951&sec=technology
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POLICY
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au: New rules to catch predators
THE federal Government will ramp up its efforts to
catch sexual predators who use the internet.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18101447%5E26199%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
Regulating the Communications Market: How the
Europeans Did It
Green paper on the convergence of the
telecommunications, media and information technology
sectors, and the implications for regulation towards
an information society approach. ... The Green Paper
concludes with a discussion of public interest
objectives, options for possible future regulatory
models and issues raised at an international level.
Finally a set of principles for the future regulatory
policy in the sectors affected by convergence are set
out, and possible options for future regulatory
approaches are identified as a basis for discussion.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200602100309.html
us: Bill to ban Internet hunting is hollow
It's early in the year, but already we have perhaps
the strangest of political bedfellows. The National
Rifle Association and the Humane Society of the United
States are lying down together and singing "Kumbaya"
to support a bill that would ban Internet hunting in
Maryland.
http://baltimoresun.com/sports/outdoors/bal-sp.thomson05feb05,0,1967527.column
Danish cartoon row renews EU push for media code
European vice-commissioner Franco Frattini has said
media should sign up to a voluntary code of conduct on
reporting on Islam and other religions, in a bid to
avoid future Danish cartoon-type disputes.
http://euobserver.com/?aid=20862&rk=1
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SPAM
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uk: Spam watchdog calls for more powers
Government inaction is hampering attempts to prosecute
people who send spam emails, according to reports.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/spam/story/0,,1705829,00.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Welcome To The Blogosphere: Population 27.2 Million
And Growing
A new blog is created every second and the phenomenon
has grown 60 times larger than it was three years ago,
says Technorati in its periodic State of the
Blogosphere report.
http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=179100780
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Former nurse on child pornography charges
A 44-YEAR-OLD former children's hospital nurse
appeared in a Perth court today on child pornography
charges.
http://www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,18092632%255E2761,00.html
us: Counselor gets life for child porn
A former child counselor was sentenced to life in
prison for his involvement in an international child
pornography ring in a case the judge called the "most
horrible" of her legal career.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/10/child.porn.ap/index.html
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