general internet news - 23 June

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

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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Reporters Without Borders and the OSCE make six
recommendations to ensure freedom of expression on the
Internet.
This declaration by Reporters Without Borders and the
representative of the OSCE (Organisation for Security
and Cooperation in Europe) on Freedom of the Media
aims to deal with the main issues facing countries
seeking to regulate online activity. Should the Web be
filtered ? Can online publications be forced to
register with the authorities ? What should the
responsibility of service providers (ISPs) be ? How
far does a national jurisdiction extend ?
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14136

us: Yahoo! shuts door on dodgy chatrooms
Yahoo! has pulled the plug on user-created chat rooms
in the US with apparent child sex content after major
advertisers withdrew their ads.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/22/yahoo_shuts_chatrooms/
 http://www.wmtw.com/technology/4633523/detail.html

us: New policy threatens adult Web content
Strict federal regulations that are scheduled to take
effect later this week could cripple many Internet
porn sites and burden other sites with adult photos in
personal ads or retail offerings.

http://www.gay.com/news/election/article.html?2005/06/21/1

my: Slamming door on porn opens others
The Government's ruling last week that cybercafes
nationwide install software for blocking access to
online pornography has raised several questions.

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2005/6/21/technology/11282315&sec=technology

cn: Hackers hit website of firm trying to control
Internet use
Chinese hackers have defaced the website of a
police-run security company leading a new effort to
strengthen government control over the Internet.
 http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=25918

uk: Theology students targetted for help over internet
porn
A campaign to help church leaders with issues around
internet pornography is this week making its way to
the London School of Theology.

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_050621porn.shtml

ir: Iran's web censorship among world's strictest:
report
Iran has among the strictest internet censorship in
the world, blocking access to sexual content,
political websites, information on women's rights and
"blogs," a study by internet researchers showed on
Tuesday.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/irans-web-censorship-among-worlds-strictest-report/2005/06/22/1119321783509.html

Porn makes PSP debut
THE PlayStation Portable (PSP) games machine will soon
be opened up to a new and potentially lucrative market
- porn.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15669359%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

us: When 'digital bullying' goes too far
Two years ago, Ryan routinely spent two to three hours
a night instant messaging with classmates. Then he
noticed a pattern: "It made me feel terrible."

http://news.com.com/When+digital+bullying+goes+too+far/2100-1025_3-5756297.html

U.S. senator gunning for 'cop killer' video game
A new video game that lets players join criminal gangs
and kill police officers has become the target of a
proposed boycott by a U.S. senator.
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5754888.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15683776%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

uk: Parents 'ignore game age ratings'
Parents pay little attention to warnings on games that
say they are unsuitable for children, research shows.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4118270.stm

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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Hackers put 40 million card users at fraud risk
A security breach at a payment processing centre in
the US has exposed 40 million credit card users to an
increased risk of fraud

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1661769,00.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5754661.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/18/mastercard_breach/

On the Web, a thriving market for stolen data
Despite years of security improvement and tougher law
enforcement efforts, the information that criminals
siphon is boldly hawked on the World Wide Web.
 http://iht.com/articles/2005/06/21/business/data.php

nz: Surfing on an ID crime wave
There are many ways that someone can pretend to be
you, and technology is creating more. Mike Houlahan
reports on the growing problem of identity theft.
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3321314a11275,00.html

ca: Child porn put on ICE
Two specialized Alberta cop teams have been formed to
battle child porn predators lurking in cyberspace, the
province announced today.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2005/06/21/1098276.html

ca/us: ?Internet? girl?s story unravels wicked Web of
abuse
Mea, 12, didn?t know everyone was looking for her. She
wasn?t aware that concerned police officers thought
that she was still caught in a nightmare of abuse,
reflected in hundreds of sexually explicit photos of
her on the Internet.

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/11934548.htm

us: Child Pornography Prosecution Revived by U.S.
Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court told a lower court to
reconsider a decision that trimmed the power of
federal prosecutors to press cases against child
pornographers.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=afC9P6VwOB9w

us: Child porn ballooning in Montana
Montana is experiencing a surge in child pornography
and sex crimes, according to law enforcement
officials.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050620/NEWS01/506200301/

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POLICY
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au: Oz court case exposes lack of fairness
Comment: In Australia the Federal Government is
looking at introducing a fair use style exemption to
our copyright law. Yes I know ? it?s hard to believe,
but in Australia you can?t legally back up your music
CDs, or even rip a CD you have paid for, so you can
convert it into an iPod compatible format. You can?t
even legally use your VCR or DVD recorder to record
?Lust? or ?Horny Housewives? so you can watch these TV
programs later. Talk about a nation built on piracy ?
oops ? I mean time shifting.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/20/australian_teenager_charged_over_website_linking/

us: Don't Bet on Web Gambling Crackdown, Experts Say
Online-poker company PartyGaming has warned investors
that the U.S. government could interfere with its
operations, but observers say that's about as likely
as drawing four aces in a game of five-card stud.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=8845687

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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us: 'Wikitorial' Pulled Due to Vandalism
The Los Angeles Times has canceled a novel Internet
feature that allowed readers to rewrite an editorial
on the newspaper's website, after some users sabotaged
the site with foul language and pornographic images.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-na-wiki21jun21,1,3068668.story

http://nytimes.com/2005/06/21/business/media/21paper.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4114312.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1511301,00.html

nz: Rat may have caused NZ outage
A HUNGRY rat may have caused a telecommunications
outage which shut down New Zealand's stock exchange
and interrupted phone, internet and eftpos services
for more than four hours.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15685329%5E15322%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

THE APC BETINHO COMMUNICATIONS PRIZE IN 2005:
Community connectivity for economic development in
Latin America and the Caribbean
In 2005, the APC Betinho Prize will be offered in
recognition of community initiatives in Latin America
and the Caribbean that use the internet and other
networks to access markets, skills and opportunities
to derive real economic benefits.
 http://www.apc.org/english/betinho

CEO Says Google Won't Compete With PayPal
Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt on Tuesday denied recent
media and analyst reports that the online search
engine leader is gearing up to compete directly with
eBay Inc.'s pioneering PayPal service, although he
acknowledged some kind of electronic payment product
is in the works.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GOOGLE_PAYMENTS

Just 25% of Belarusian schools have internet access
Even worse, only 58 per cent have any computer
equipment at all.
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=8584

uk: Broadband tips scales against print
Broadband internet growth will propel the
entertainment and media industries and depress print
publishers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1511747,00.html

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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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Apple sued over iTunes - again
Apple has been accused of infringing a patent that is
claimed to cover the design of its popular iTunes
music jukebox software.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/21/apple_sued_over_itunes/

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Microsoft dodges abuse reports (reg req'd)
Microsoft has stopped accepting mail at its abuse@
email address, in violation of one of the fundamental
standards which applies to the internet.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/microsoft-dodges-abuse-reports/2005/06/22/1119321780628.html

Microsoft works on own BitTorrent
Microsoft researchers in Cambridge, UK, are developing
their own peer-to-peer file-sharing software.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4110302.stm

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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es: Police arrest 100 in operation against child porn
gang
Spanish police arrested more than 100 people all
across the country for distributing child pornography

http://expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=21259

http://www.helgeland-arbeiderblad.no/riksnyheter/internasjonale_nyheter/article1638926.ece

ca: York prof pleads guilty to possessing 21,000 child
porn images
A York University professor pleaded guilty yesterday
to possessing more than 21,000 images of child
pornography.

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2005/06/22/1098950-sun.html

us: Man charged for child pornography
A Mastic Beach man was arrested and charged with one
count of possessing a sexual performance of a child,
Suffolk police said.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liporn0622,0,1972024.story

us: Reno teacher indicted on child pornography counts
A veteran Reno school teacher has been indicted on
suspicion of having a dozen photos of nude boys in his
home.
 http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3495798

us: Man charged for child pornography
A Mastic Beach man was arrested and charged with one
count of possessing a sexual performance of a child,
Suffolk police said.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liporn0622,0,1972024.story

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/ny-liporn0622,0,6090123.story

us: Man, 69, Is Charged With Possessing Child Porn
A 69-year- old Sun City Center retiree was arrested
Tuesday morning on 10 counts of possessing child
pornography.
 http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBKC4839AE.html

us: Man charged with child sexual abuse
U.P. resident formerly helped at First Baptist in
Washington Township; he could get life in prison.

http://www.detnews.com/2005/macomb/0506/22/B05-217230.htm

us: Local attorney indicted for child porn
Jefferson City lawyer Bruce H. Truesdale was indicted
Monday on federal child pornography charges.

http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2005/06/22/news_local/0621050003.txt

us: Former 'Canoecopia' Host's Child Porn Trial Starts
Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the trial a
once- prominant Madison business owner charged with
sexually assaulting a child.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/WCVB/20050621/lo_wisc/2784785

us: Wellsville man sentenced to 14 years for
possession of child pornography
A Wellsville man pleaded guilty to possession of child
pornography and was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in
prison and placed on lifetime supervised release by
United States District Court Judge Charles Siragusa.

http://www.wellsvilledaily.com/articles/2005/06/17/local_news/news03.txt

us: CVS Clerk Praised for Exposing Child Pornography
Police in Manchester are praising the CVS clerk who
went to police with photos that led to a child
pornography arrest.
 http://www.wlbz2.com/home/article.asp?id=23849

us: Blankenship hearing continued; no date set for
Lindstedt
A Neosho man facing charges of child enticement,
promoting obscenity and possession of child
pornography in connection with an Internet sting last
January was granted a continuance Monday morning.

http://www.neoshodailynews.com/articles/2005/06/21/news/news09.txt

us: Ex-ice cream man gets prison for porn
A former ice cream truck driver was sentenced to
prison and probation Monday for possession of child
pornography, prosecutors.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/03AreaEAST06062105.htm

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