general internet news - 15 March

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

EU plans safer net for children
European Union officials are proposing to spend more than
£30m to try to make the internet safer for children.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3506478.stm

EU Proposes Plan To Keep Kids Safe Online
A $60 million program aimed at keeping children safe on the
Internet – from adult materials and sexual predators alike
– has been proposed by the European Commission, which the
body said highlights a "disturbing gap" between what kids
do online and what their parents only think they do, in the
wake of recent cases of kids being abducted by predators
they met in cyberspace.

http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=77081

http://europe.tiscali.co.uk/index.jsp?section=lifestyle&level=preview&content=180510
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/36219.html

European Commission proposes stepping up EU action to
combat child porn, racism and spam on the internet
Safer Internet plus, a new €50 million, 4-year programme to
make the internet safer for children, was proposed by the
European Commission today. This programme, running from
2005 to 2008, would build upon EU work under way since 1996
to combat illegal and harmful internet content.
Encompassing new media, such as videos, and new issues such
as "spam", it would bring in accession countries, and focus
more closely on end users: parents, educators and children.
It aims to mobilise talent in the public, private and
voluntary sectors to prepare hard-hitting safety campaigns.
Its four action lines are: fighting illegal content;
tackling unwanted and harmful content (including spam);
promoting a safer environment, and awareness-raising.

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/04/333|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=

au: Tighter laws planned for Net predators
Paedophiles who use the internet to procure children for
sex could face 15 years in jail under proposed new federal
laws.
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/14/1079199086996.html
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1065615.htm

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8964577%255E1702,00.html

http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/14/1079199084749.html

nz: Child porn nurse counselled sex abuse patients
A nurse caught with nearly 15,000 explicit child-sex images
and described by authorities as a "serious risk" to the
community counselled sexually abused mental patients at
Tauranga Hospital.
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3554582

uk: 'Two years' to close porn sites
The family of murdered Jane Longhurst say it could take two
years to close down the violent pornographic websites
thought to have led to her murder.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3504926.stm

uk: Police face internet misuse probe
Forty-one Lothian and Borders Police officers and six
support staff are under investigation over alleged misuse
of the internet and e-mail.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3500104.stm

uk: Web porn crackdown
David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, is to urge America to
crack down on internet pornography in talks in Washington.

http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml;$sessionid$UFDN4G5TTP25BQFIQMGCFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=/connected/2004/03/10/ecnporn07.xml&sSheet=/connected/2004/03/10/ixconnrite.html

cn: Legislature urged to ban online pornography
A Chinese legislator calls for the early addition of a
clause to the existing "Criminal Law" in a bid to ban the
production, copying and spread of pornographic material on
the Internet, which has been going rampant in recent years.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-03/11/content_1360600.htm

China blocks Chinese versions of western media websites
Chinese authorities have blocked the Chinese version
websites of the Wall Street Journal and Deutsche Welle
newspapers, a Paris-based media rights group says.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1064419.htm

http://www.itechnology.co.za/index.php?click_id=115&art_id=qw1079086321877B255&set_id=1
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9482 (English)
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=8477 (Español)
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=8477 (Français)

Bypassing China's net firewall
Numerous efforts are under way in the West to help Chinese
web users get around China's censorship of the internet,
reports technology correspondent Clark Boyd.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3548035.stm

ie: Suspended sentence for child porn viewer
Disturbing images of child pornography were watched by a
man high on cocaine, who was today given a suspended
18-month jail sentence.

http://212.2.162.45/news/story.asp?j=97261384&p=97z6zx9x&n=97262144

USA Government Uses "Operation Predator" to Deport
Unwanted, Dangerous Immigrants
More than 2,000 child predators and sex offenders have been
brought to justice in the United States since the launch
last July of a new law enforcement program known as
Operation Predator.

http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=3038

us: Ashcroft's new Internet antiporn gambit
When John Ashcroft testified before Congress during his
confirmation hearings, he left no doubt that he believed
the Internet was replete with pornographers who needed to
be imprisoned, preferably for a very long time.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39116560,00.htm

us: Task force trolls the Internet for threats to children
(reg req'd)
Brian Stone's desk on a recent day was surrounded by
computers, operating manuals and spare computer parts.
Stone logs on to his laptop computer and signs in to an
Internet chat room. It isn't long before a 45-year-old man,
who describes himself as over 6 feet tall and a member of a
punk-rock band, engages in a real-time conversation.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascitystar/news/local/states/missouri/counties/clay_county/cities_neighborhoods/liberty/8143430.htm

us: Online sting use grows
In Michigan, a man allegedly tries to entice a child into
sexual activity -- and 750 miles away a New Jersey police
officer posing as a 14-year-old boy gathers evidence that
will lead to an arrest in Grand Rapids.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1079176597312040.xml

us: Man faces porn charges
Corey Gilliland, 36, is accused of having pictures on his
computer of girls involved in sex acts. The girls were
between 8 and 15 years old, according to the indictments.

http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=local&Story=6213429

us: Lake Delton seeks sex charges.
Lake Delton Police Department asked the district attorney
to file charges against a California police officer for
sexual assault and exploitation of children in the Village
of Lake Delton in 2002 and 2003. Adam Brown, 31, of
Riverside was incarcerated after FBI and local officials
linked him to a child pornography ring following the the
arrest of Beaver Dam resident William Martin.

http://dellspaper.scwn.com/articles/2004/03/10/news/news01.txt

ca: Split Decision On B.C. Child Porn Activist
John Robin Sharpe, who has challenged Canada's child
pornography laws, was acquitted of sexual assault but
convicted of indecent assault by a Supreme Court jury, in a
split ruling that involved charges stemming from incidents
over two decades ago.

http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=77084

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/03/11/canada/sharpe_bc040311

ie: Suspended sentence for child porn viewer
Disturbing images of child pornography were watched by a
man high on cocaine, who was today given a suspended
18-month jail sentence.
 http://www.online.ie/news/viewer.adp?article=3090147

RESEARCH: Feeling safe: what girls say
Included the question: "Which of the following limitations
do your parents put on your use of the Internet?" (page 4)

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/k12news/HI_Trends&TudesNews2004_v3_iss03.pdf

N.Y., Wis. Opt Out of Anti-Crime Database
New York and Wisconsin have joined the list of states that
have pulled out of an anti-crime database program that
civil libertarians say endangers citizens' privacy rights.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3853562,00.html
 http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/8170978.htm

sy: Punished for using the internet - Amnesty International
calls for an end to the suppression of the right to freedom
of expression
Amnesty International today called for the immediate
release of prisoners of conscience held in Syrian prisons
and detention centres for exercising the right to freedom
of expression.
 http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE240172004

cn: Clampdown will not stop growth in cyber cafés
New rules designed to rein in internet cafés - a key
element behind the mainland's booming online-gaming
industry - are not expected to curtail growth in their
numbers there.
 http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=8869

China lawmaker looks to Internet for grassroots reform
A 46-year-old Chinese professor and lawmaker at China's
annual session of parliament has taken the unusually bold
step of setting up his own website as a forum for
discussing social problems. The existence of Zhou Hongyu's
site, signalled that Beijing had quietly broadened limits
on what can be discussed on the internet, as long as topics
did not threaten Communist Party rule, analysts said.

http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/internet/0,2172,75710,00.html

Singapore government mulls anti-spam law
The Singapore government is considering making Internet
spam messages illegal in a bid to curb the nuisance of
unwanted e-mails flooding in-boxes, officials said.
 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040312/323/eod5o.html

hu: Ban on doctors' 'tips' website
An internet site showing how much doctors demand in cash
tips has been branded illegal by the authorities in Hungary
after it triggered a major row over the ethics of the
practice.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3508396.stm

Internet blamed in spread of syphilis among gays
The Internet has played a significant role in the latest
increase in cases of syphilis among gay men by introducing
partners more likely to practice high-risk sex, according
to a study.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4541678

Keyboards, phones 'dirtier than toilets'
Keyboards, computer mice and telephone dials are more
infested with microbes than toilet seats, according to
United States researchers.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1064322.htm

ng: Cyber Crime: Obasanjo Receives Draft Bill
The Federal Government yesterday took a major step towards
dealing with cyber crimes in Nigeria with the receipt of a
draft cyber-crime Act and the inauguration of the Nigeria
Cyber Crime Working Group (NCWG) by President Olusegun
Obasanjo.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200403110222.html

Internet Providers Sue Hundreds for Spam
Leading Internet companies, in an unusual joint effort
among corporate rivals, announced six lawsuits Wednesday
against hundreds of people accused of sending millions of
unwanted e-mails in violation of the new federal law
against "spam."
 http://www.bizreport.com/print.php?art_id=6433

us: Major ISPs unite in spam fight
America Online, Microsoft, EarthLink and Yahoo have teamed
up to file the first major industry lawsuits under the new
federal antispam law.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5172038.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/11/technology/11SPAM.html

http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=500034

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48041-2004Mar10.html

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4541250

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1078381675213

http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/documents/index.html#spam
(legal documents)

us:  FTC Seeks Comments on Spam Regulation
The Federal Trade Commission will publish a Federal
Register Notice Thursday, March 11, 2004, seeking public
comment on regulations regarding unsolicited commercial
email spam. The CAN-SPAM Act, which took effect January 1,
2004, requires that the Commission issue regulations
“defining the relevant criteria to facilitate the
determination of the primary purpose of an electronic mail
message.” Since the CAN-SPAM Act applies almost exclusively
to “commercial electronic mail messages,” defining the
criteria used to determine the “primary purpose” of an
e-mail will clarify how to determine whether the Act
applies to certain electronic messages.
 http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/03/canspam.htm

Study: Spam Filters Often Lose E-Mails
As spam-fighting tools become increasingly aggressive,
e-mail recipients risk losing newsletters and promotions
they've requested.
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6450

http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/high_tech/1700/3-12-2004/20040312121503_29.html

U.S. Regulators to Weigh Anti-Spam Tactics
U.S. regulators said on Thursday they would seek to prevent
"spam" messages from reaching mobile phones and consider
setting up a registry of e-mail users who don't want to
receive junk messages.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4551417

nz: Government releases internet discussion document
The Government today released a discussion document setting
out steps toward a "Next Generation Internet network",
serving the research, education and innovation sectors.
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2843590a28,00.html

What's in store at CeBIT
Ashley Norris reveals his hot gadget picks for the giant IT
exhibition.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/gadgets/story/0,12452,1168316,00.html

China leads the way on DSL, NZ falling farther behind
China has edged out all contenders to become the king of
DSL (digital subscriber line) broadband, according to a
recent report from the DSL Forum.
 http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=8453&cid=3



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