India, Britain & Europe

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

Be very afraid, the cyber cops may be watching (Guardian)
Police are getting organised to catch crooks who thought the net
offered a perfect forum.
Barely a week goes by without a report of terrorists or paedophiles
misusing the internet, adding to its image of a vast lawless forum.
But police are now starting to see the benefits the net can bring. 

The upbeat chairman of the internet crime forum, detective chief
superintendent Keith Akerman, believes it offers police as many
opportunities as problems in the fight against crime. "The internet
is a fantastic tool for police," he said. "The computer can't lie, it
can tell you all sorts of things about what the user has been doing."
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,478258,00.html

Indian Government Wants To Regulate Internet (internet.com)
India's information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj has said
she would like to control and regulate the Internet, if it is
technically feasible.

The Indian Government is planning to form a Media Council. Currently,
the country has a Press Council, which regulates newspapers and
magazines, and a Film Censor Board, which governs movies. The two
entities will be merged to form the Media Council.
 http://asia.internet.com/r/article/jsp/sid/879

Racism ban urged for cybercrime treaty (CNET)
STRASBOURG, France--Council of Europe deputies urged drafters of the
world's first cybercrime treaty Wednesday to include
passages making it illegal to spread racist propaganda and hate
messages over the Internet.
 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-5728241.html

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