general internet news - 11 September

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

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Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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au: New program to shield kids
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20364044%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

us: Xanga to Pay $1 Million in Children's Privacy Case
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/07/AR2006090701393.html

OECD: Broadband bubbling
http://oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/1910

Korea: Hooked on Online Gaming
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_37/b4000070.htm

Business trumps porn online
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20369689%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

nz: Telecom Separation Model only goes halfway! (news
release)
http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2006-09-06-telecom-model

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RESEARCH PAPERS
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OECD: Making Privacy Notices Simple: an OECD Report
and Recommendations  	
Privacy notices are an excellent tool to disclose an
organisation's privacy practices and policies.
Research suggests, however, that many notices are too
lengthy, confusing, and contain complex legal
language. This report recommends that privacy notices
be short, simple and usable to make it easier for
individuals to assimilate the information they contain
and to compare the privacy practices of the
organisations processing their personal data.
http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_37441_1_1_1_1_37441,00.html

Survey of the Law of Cyberspace: Internet Contracting
Cases 2004-2005 by JULIET M. MORINGIELLO & WILLIAM L.
REYNOLDS II (Business Lawyer)
Abstract: This article reviews recent developments in
the United States and the European Union involving
Internet transactions. It describes those developments
and analyzes both from a normative and practical
perspective.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=925648

An Asian Perspective on Online Mediation by SANJANA
HATTOTUWA & MELISSA CONLEY TYLER (Asian Journal on
Mediation)
Abstract: This paper challenges the current paradigm
being used for development of online dispute
resolution and its application to the Asia Pacific
region. Instead, it suggests that a more Asia-Pacific
perspective needs to be taken that responds to the
patterns of technology adoption in this region. In
particular, the next generation of online dispute
resolution systems will need to reflect the rich
diversity of cultures in Asia and its unique
socio-political textures. In doing so, these ODR
systems will need to address peacebuilding and
conflict transformation using technologies already
prevalent in the region, like mobile telephony and
community internet radio. Practical suggestions are
made for future areas of development in ODR after a
brief exploration of key challenges that influence the
design of such systems.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=925159

Internet Stings Directed at Pedophiles: A Study in
Philosophy and Law by JOSEPH S. FULDA (Sexuality &
Culture, 2007)
Abstract: This paper considers a jurisprudential issue
that has heretofore not received much attention: Do
Internet Stings Directed at Pedophiles Create
Offenders or Capture Offenders?, to paraphrase my 2002
article in Sexuality and Culture which opened this
subject. Section II presents the jurisprudential
argument, while Section I gives a framework for
classifying work in jurisprudence as (1) an
application of ethics and allied fields to legal
matters - the traditional definition, (2) a
philosophical examination of a legal question, the
argument does not depend on ethical premises but
rather given data only appeals to (already) shared
ethical premises, and (3) a kind of examination that
takes existing legal frameworks as a given and then
makes an ethical argument within those frameworks,
with the aim of achieving logical coherence of the
whole.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=794447

Cracks in the Foundation: The New Internet
Legislation's Hidden Threat to Privacy and Commerce by
JOSHUA FAIRFIELD (Arizona State Law Journal)
Abstract: Scholarship to date has focused on the legal
significance of the novelty of the Internet. This
scholarship does not describe or predict actual
Internet legislation. Instead of asking whether the
Internet is so new as to merit new law, legislators
and academics should re-evaluate the role of
government in orchestrating collective action and
change the relative weight of enforcement, deterrence,
and incentives in Internet regulations. A perfect
example of the need for this new approach is the
recent CANSPAM Act of 2003, which was intended to
protect personal privacy and legitimate businesses.
However, the law threatens both of these interests,
because it does not recognize either the limits of
enforceability, or the enhanced possibilities for
incentives offered by the decentralized architecture
of the Internet.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=925231

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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The SAFT Parental Survey 2006
The results from the SAFT 2006 Parental Survey about
monitoring and knowledge about children's use of the
Internet and mobile phones.
http://www.saftonline.org/latestnews/2814/

au: New program to shield kids
THE government is warning children of the dangers of
online sexual predators and bullying via a new
computer educational program.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20364044%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://au.news.yahoo.com/060906/21/10fcb.html
http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.524610:STANDARD::pc=PC_100741

uk: 'Name and shame' plan for websites
Websites that fail to protect children from sexual
predators could face legal action from a new online
child protection agency. The huge popularity of social
networking sites such as MySpace, where millions of
youngsters have posted personal information, has
increased concern at the potential for paedophiles to
'groom' youngsters for abuse through the internet.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1868165,00.html

uk: Please get interfering government ministers out of
our bedrooms
The proposal to legislate against violent pornography
is not only unworkable, but fundamentally intrusive,
putting government where we least want it - in our
bedrooms - writes Carol Sarler
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/comment/0,,1863885,00.html

uk: Teens die after logging into 'suicide chat rooms'
(free till ~13 Sept)
Pro-suicide websites and chat rooms have been
implicated in the deaths of at least 16 young people
in the UK in the past few years. One of the victims
was Simon Kelly, an 18-year-old with no apparent
problems, or so his parents thought. They returned
home from a holiday to discover that their son had
hanged himself. His father, Paul Kelly, has been
campaigning since his son's death, five years ago, to
close down pro-suicide chat rooms and websites.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1433393.ece

us: Students Fight for Anti-Bullying Legislation
About 50 Cape Coral middle school students are heading
to Washington to lobby Congress to pass a federal
anti-bullying law.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/news-article.aspx?storyid=64257
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060907/NEWS0101/609070435

cn: Wikipedia defies China's censors
The founder of Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia
written by its users, has defied the Chinese
government by refusing to bow to censorship of
politically sensitive entries.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1869006,00.html

cn: Website closed over reports on alleged killing
Beijing has shut down a magazine's outspoken website,
apparently for reports on the death of a villager
trying to stop the demolition of his home, the editor
said yesterday.
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=52515

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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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us: Xanga to Pay $1 Million in Children's Privacy Case
Social-networking site Xanga.com Inc. and its
operators said yesterday that they would pay a $1
million fine for alleged violations of the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act, at a time of heightened
parental and government concern about children's
safety online.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/07/AR2006090701393.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20375485%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://ftc.gov/opa/2006/09/xanga.htm

us: Web social site Facebook hit by privacy protests
Facebook.com, a fast-growing U.S. social network Web
site, has sparked a privacy backlash that has quickly
become one of the broadest cyber-protests ever with
more than 600,000 members signing an online petition
by midday Thursday.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13423364
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0609080242sep08,1,2970742.story
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20375150%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

us: Facebook adopts new privacy controls
Fast-growing U.S. social network Web site Facebook
said on Friday it has adopted new privacy controls
following an unprecedented online backlash over a new
feature that let users track their friends online.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=13433688
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/15473960.htm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/08/facebook_climbdown/

au: Charges over web auction fraud
A SYDNEY man will face court today on fraud charges
relating to the sale on non-existent iPods on an
internet auction website.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20368404%5E26199%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html

cn: Overseas websites could be sued for using paper's
name
A leading news organisation has vowed to use the law
to tackle website operators it accuses of using its
name to disseminate anti-China material overseas. "The
Reference News newspaper has recently discovered that
pirates have taken the [paper's] name ... and set up
websites to disseminate reactionary rumours and
unhealthy information that is endangering state
security," Xinhua reported yesterday.
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=52516

U.S. arrests 2nd major online gambling executive
Broadening the U.S. attack on Internet gambling, law
enforcement agents in New York have arrested the
chairman of Sportingbet, which offers online sports
betting and is traded on the London Stock Exchange.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/09/08/business/gamble.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/technology/08gamble.html

us: Sportingbet in online crisis
Arrest of Sportingbet's British chairman puts future
of internet gambling in US under threat.
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1868328,00.html

Google's Brazil Headache
Its popular networking service, Orkut, has lured
predators in droves. Now a judge has ordered the
search engine to hand over data on abusers
http://businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2006/tc20060901_939567.htm
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0908/p01s03-woam.html

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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OECD: Broadband bubbling
Though the dot.com crash of 2001 burst the e-commerce
bubble, recent figures show that broadband has
remained dynamic. Indeed, growth in the number of
broadband Internet connections in OECD countries has
risen from an average of 2.9 in 2001 to 13.6
subscribers per 100 inhabitants in December 2005.
http://oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/1910

Korea: Hooked on Online Gaming
Some experts say the nation's addiction is a bigger
concern than alcohol, gambling, or drugs
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_37/b4000070.htm

Business trumps porn online
SEX and pornography have been trounced by business and
e-commerce as the most popular internet search topics,
new research shows.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20369689%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/07/1157222251731.html

us: Portable content not connecting with consumers
Despite all the dramatic advancements that the mobile
entertainment industry has made, there is a still one
important ingredient it has not obtained: customers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/08/AR2006090801588.html

uk: University catches 237 student cheats who trawl
the internet
One of Britain's newest universities has found more
than 200 students guilty of cheating after it launched
a crackdown on what university officials admit is one
of the biggest problems they face.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1869012,00.html

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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25-Year PC Anniversary Statistics: IBM-Compatible PC
Sales have topped 1.5B Units Worth $B3,100.
The IBM PC was announced on August 12, 1981 and became
available for sale two months later. Because IBM
encouraged other companies to develop IBM-compatible
PCs, it quickly became a standard for the whole PC
industry. Compaq introduced the first IBM-compatible
PC in January 1983 and over 100 other companies
followed in the next decade. In the early 1990s
Microsoft wrestled away IBM?s leadership of the PC
standard and it became Windows-compatible PCs.
http://c-i-a.com/pr0806.htm

Why the iPod is losing its cool
Apple has added ever more extras to its digital
music-player in a bid to stem falling sales. But fears
are rising that the device is now too common to be
cutting edge.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1869042,00.html

Why Vista will mean the end of the Microsoft monolith
Well, the long wait is nearly over. Microsoft's
elephantine parturition has produced an heir. Last
week the company distributed 'Release Candidate 1'
(RC1) of Vista, the new incarnation of Windows, to
about 5 million favoured customers. Think of it as the
final beta of the software. Microsoft says it is still
on course to deliver a version to corporate customers
in November, followed by a consumer release to
high-street dealers in January.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1868642,00.html

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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nz: Telecom Separation Model only goes halfway! (news
release)
Telecom today appeared before the Select Committee
investigating the Telecommunications Act regulatory
http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2006-09-06-telecom-model

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man faces child porn charges
POLICE have a 28-year-old man after police raided a
home in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, on August
31 and seized a computer that allegedly contained
child pornography.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20374608-1702,00.html
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20374608-29277,00.html

nz: Te Puke Sentence Insulting (news release)
Te Puke man, David Gerard Hide was convicted of
possessing and making pornographic images of young
girls. Judge Christopher Harding sentenced him to 250
hours community service and 18 months supervision.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0609/S00079.htm

uk/is: Chat room loner jailed for seeking sex
AN ICELANDIC shop assistant who groomed a 14-year-old
girl on the internet before flying to England to spend
the night with her was jailed for 16 months yesterday.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2346076,00.html

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