general internet news - 11 April

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

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au: Australian Youth set to ?Wise up to IT?
Australian youth are being encouraged to wise up to
the dangers of the Internet in a new campaign, ?Wise
up to IT? being launched today by NetAlert Limited as
part of National Youth Week celebrations.
http://netalert.net.au/03007-Australian-Youth-set-to-Wise-up-to-IT.asp

China introduces new media curbs
Beijing introduces new restrictions on foreign
magazines seeking to publish Chinese-language
editions.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4888930.stm

cn: Professor hits back at critics on the Internet
Yuan Weishi writes that 'freedom of academic activity
must be protected' in online response to critics
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=42414

NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN
RELEASES "BLOG BEWARE" AND SAFETY TIPS AT
NETSMARTZ.ORG
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children?s
(NCMEC) online safety program, NetSmartz.org, is
releasing a new report today entitled ?Blog Beware.?
The report is being released as NCMEC?s President and
CEO Ernie Allen testifies in front of the U.S. House
of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee?s
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations about the
sexual exploitation of children over the Internet.
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2334

sy: Website editor arrested
Military intelligence officers arrested writer and
website editor Mohammed Ghanem at his home on 31
March. Ghanem is known for defending Syria?s Kurdish
minorities. Reporters Without Borders calls for his
release and condemns the growing crackdown on
journalists and human rights activists since January.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16984

News Corp. Sets Online-Safety Ads (sub req'd)
In response to criticism of its MySpace site ? which
has been used by stalkers to contact teens ? News
Corp. is launching a multimillion-dollar
public-service ad campaign promoting online safety.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114463105359921424.html

Teenager's Tale Spotlights Web Woes (sub req'd)
The story of how Justin Berry became enmeshed in a
world of online sexual exploitation reveals a
frightening truth about the Internet: You can no
longer tell who's in the room with your child, with
your spouse, with your employee -- or where that
person is.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114434417735419002.html

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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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us: Porn Law Goes Too Far, 11th Circuit Rules
An 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel has
unanimously struck down part of a federal law
prohibiting the offering or advertising of material
presented as child pornography, saying the provisions
were too broad and vague.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1144414533557

us: Strong Dissent in Porn-Related Computer Search
Case
Two judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
who are on the liberal and conservative extremes of
the court joined forces in strongly dissenting from a
court ruling that mere membership in a pornographic
Web site containing both legal and illegal porn is
enough to authorize the FBI to search a home computer.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1144228258971

uk: Huge DVD piracy factory uncovered
Five people have been arrested in a police raid on
what is thought to be the largest DVD piracy factory
discovered in the UK.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4886360.stm

Anti-Spyware Coalition Releases Documents; Unveils
Agenda
The Anti-Spyware Coalition today released two new "tip
sheets" to help consumers and enterprises better
protect themselves against spyware and unwanted
adware. The coalition also unveiled final plans for an
international workshop slated to take place in Ottawa
on May 16. Coordinated by CDT, the Anti-Spyware
Coalition consists of academics, public interest
advocates and the world's largest distributors of
anti-spyware technology.
http://cdt.org/headlines/878

Study: Child Porn Isn't Illegal In Most Countries
A review of child pornography laws in 184 countries
shows that more than half have no laws that address
child pornography.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=184429489

us: Policeman Charged With Cyberstalking, Posing As
Woman
A police officer named Valentine has been charged with
hacking into the e-mail account of a woman he met
through an online dating service and posing as her in
messages sent to himself and other men.
http://www.wnbc.com/news/8448096/detail.html

us: Anguished parent warns of dangers of cyber
bullying
As technology has evolved, so too has the nature of
bullying. Name calling in classrooms and halls is
apparently as outdated as sending letters through the
post office. The virtual world of the Internet has
become the preferred domain of bullies, and children's
capacity to humiliate and ridicule fellow students
today is unparalleled, according to state and school
officials familiar with the problem.
http://timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060407/NEWS/604070339/1003/EDUCATION05

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MIT Antispam Confab Looks Beyond Filters
The fight against spam, phishing and e-mail fraud
should focus on economic incentives and aiding law
enforcement, according to attendees at a conference
examining the problem this week. Speakers at MIT's
2006 Spam Conference were notably cognizant of the
recent proposals of white lists and AOL's Goodmail, a
pay per e-mail service offering preferential treatment
in e-mail delivery for marketers.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/MIT+Antispam+Confab+Looks+Beyond+Filters.aspx

us: FTC, California Attorney General Halt Illegal Spam
Operation
The Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General
of California have brought a permanent halt to an
operation that sent millions of spam messages that
violated federal and state laws. The settlement will
bar future violations of the spam laws, will require
the operators to monitor affiliates closely to assure
that they are not violating state and federal laws,
and requires that they give up approximately $475,000
in ill-gotten gains.
http://ftc.gov/opa/2006/04/optin.htm

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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uk: The Queen sent first e-mail in 1976
The Queen sent her first e-mail as long as 30 years
ago, according to a list of 80 facts about the monarch
released by Buckingham Palace to mark her 80th
birthday on April 21.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=11801810

Cheap thrills on the move
Podnography - erotic audio, video and pictures for MP3
players - is the hottest podcast genre
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1749943,00.html

Just face it, girls: MySpace is like so totally over
The money spent on Friends Reunited and MySpace has
missed the target: new figures show that the busiest
community website is the unheralded Faceparty.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1750079,00.html

VoIP market is growing every day - survey
Internet telephony, or voice-over Internet protocol,
is giving the traditional telephone service a run for
its money in the United States, a new survey has
revealed.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1144618743523A141

Google's Orkut captivates Brazilians
Ask Internet users in the United States what they
think of Orkut, the two-year-old social networking
service owned by Google, and you may get a blank
stare. But pronounce it "or-COO-tchie," as they do in
Portuguese, and watch faces light up.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/04/09/business/orkut.php

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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Third World broadband standard coming to NZ
An expat is selling dial-up boosting software to the
world?s poorer countries - and New Zealand
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/EC8B7B2DDB627E4ECC257148007B91BD

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RESEARCH PAPERS
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The New Network Neutrality: Criteria for Internet
Freedom
With the San Francisco and Philadelphia wireless
debates heating up, it's become clear that there's
been a lack of attention paid to the undermining of
many of the freedoms we've grown to expect (and
perhaps take for granted) on the Internet. With this
in mind, my colleague, Victor Pickard, and I have been
thinking more and more about the interconnections
between Internet Freedom and Network Neutrality, and
the inadequateness of current conceptualizations.
Here's an overview:
http://www.saschameinrath.com/node/363

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Dancing with Google's spiders (sub req'd)
Google is engaged in an elaborate dance with firms
determined to keep their websites high up in its
rankings
http://economist.com/science/tq/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5571460

Google wins rights to Aussie algorithm
Google has snapped up the rights to an advanced text
search algorithm invented by a University of NSW
student.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3633790a28,00.html
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/google-wins-rights-to-aussie-algorithm/2006/04/10/1144521239582.html

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es: Spanish cops crack Internet pornography ring
Spanish police arrested 28 people in major operations
targeting Internet child pornography and media piracy,
police and the interior ministry said on Saturday.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1144564563536B215

us: Teenager Testifies to Stop Internet Pedophiles
It's been a day of riveting testimony on Capitol Hill.
An honor student from Bakersfield, California told
lawmakers how he was exploited by sexual predators
online.
http://www.kidktv.com/x69460.xml


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