general internet news - 28 May

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

Ministers adopt Decision on safer use of Internet
The EU ministers adopted on 26 May the extension of the
multiannual Community action to promote safer use of the
Internet.

http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/1?204&OIDN=1504945

http://europa.eu.int/information_society/programmes/iap/index_en.htm

New Laws, New Questions About Pornography Online
A new and little-noticed law, the PROTECT Act, includes two
important restrictions on online pornography. But, the law
raises questions about whether it complies with the First
Amendment. In this column, Doug Isenberg discusses the
PROTECT Act's provisions on domain names and so-called
"virtual" child porn while noting the free-speech issues
they create.

http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/2003-all/isenberg-2003-05-all.html

The Internet causes sexual abuse of children
According to Norwegian police, the Internet is responsible
for an increase in the production and distribution of child
pornography, making it easier for paedophiles to live out
their fantasies.

http://www.nettavisen.no/servlets/page?section=1706&item=269412

Cyber bullies target girl
Bullies targeting a 15-year-old schoolgirl set up a website
devoted to their victim.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/2933894.stm

Web closes in on paedophiles
The West Midlands is to spearhead the fight against
paedophiles on the Internet. The region's police force has
been selected as a centre of excellence to help co-ordinate
the fight against sex attackers who prey on youngsters over
the web.

http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/page.cfm?objectid=12999977&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=Web%20closes%20in%20on%20paedophiles

Concern over rise in child porn
Over 200 cases of child porn being circulated via the
Internet were reported to Dutch police in 2002, an alarming
increase on the 35 cases logged in 2001, it was revealed on
Thursday.
 http://www.expatica.com/index.asp?pad=2,18,&item_id=31456

ABA calls for tighter internet controls (paid subscription
req'd)
A Parliamentary inquiry into cybercrime has received calls
for a more tightly regulated internet industry in the fight
against internet-based child pornography.
 http://afr.com/premium/it/2003/05/27/FFXM2BTC5GD.html

Sex Abuse Via Internet Alleged
A 19-year-old college student from Arlington is suspected
of having sexual contact with several minors from the
county whom he contacted over the Internet, police said
yesterday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28956-2003May22.html

India's digital divide
One of the nations most closely associated with the onward
march of information technology is India, but the BBC's
Jill McGivering reports that the IT revolution is only
changing some lives in the world's largest democracy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/2932758.stm

Committee Chairmen Sponsor Anti-Spam Bill
Two key House Republicans introduced legislation to curtail
unsolicited commercial e-mail, joining a growing Capitol
Hill movement against the spam that is flooding computers
worldwide.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33103-2003May23.html

Latest get-rich-quick scam based on Iraq
That is how police are describing the latest e-mail scam to
do the rounds in New Zealand.
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2502626a28,00.html

OSCOM 3--Third Open Source Content Management Conference,
May 28-30: 
OSCOM 3 is hosted this year by the Berkman Center. OSCOM
represents an opportunity for a meeting of the minds among
those in academia (MIT, University of St. Gallen, Harvard,
University College, Cornell, Rice and others), the
corporate world (HP, RedHat, Merant, Wolf, Greenfield &
Sacks) and open source organizations (Apache Foundation,
mozilla.org). The keynote will be given by Berkman Fellow
Dave Winer, with a second keynote by Jon Udell.
 http://www.oscom.org/Conferences/Cambridge

Lufthansa to offer in-flight surfing
Deutsche Lufthansa AG said on Tuesday it has signed a
contract with Boeing subsidiary Connexion to equip its
long-haul fleet with broadband Internet technology from the
start of next year.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=47692619
 http://www.iht.com/articles/97733.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1034_3-1010231.html

MIT highlights progress, future of technology
If society is to embrace technology, educational
institutions need to produce technologists that play an
active role in helping politicians and decision-makers
understand how it works, and how it should be implemented,
said Paul Penfield Jr., a professor at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) Friday.
 http://virus.idg.net/ic_1317593_9677_1-5043.html

Blogs Opening Iranian Society?
Iran's restive youth are using Farsi-language blogs as an
outlet to express repressed creativity and sexuality. But
the Islamic government is slowly catching on. Michelle
Delio reports from the BlogTalk conference in Vienna.
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58976,00.html

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