general internet news - 11 July

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

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Demand for child pornography growing, forum told
A forum on child pornography in Melbourne has heard
there has been an explosion in demand for illicit
material on the Internet.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1408574.htm

au: Police concerned children accessing child porn
Police in Victoria say the number of young people who
possess child pornography may be on the rise.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1408689.htm
 http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2005/s1408959.htm

http://theage.com.au/news/national/teens-in-danger-from-online-child-porn/2005/07/08/1120704539624.html

au: Vodafone shuts chatrooms
MOBILE phone giant Vodafone last night shut down its
Australian chatrooms after an underaged girl bypassed
supposedly rigorous controls and gave out her personal
details.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15843755%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

kr: Real-name system sought for Internet users
The ruling Uri Party may introduce a system forcing
Web surfers to use their real names online to curb
Internet crime, especially libel, a top party official
said Tuesday.
 http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=26477

by: Internet portal introduces language restrictions
for forum users
The major Belarusian internet portal Tut.by has
introduced new regulations for internet fora. The
portal currently has some 26,000 forum participants.
The new regulations forbid the encouragement of
violations of the law, to promote up national hatred,
to make racist statements or defamatory comments, to
insult others or to use coarse words. Any unauthorised
advertising in the fora is forbidden as well.
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=8927

ca: Canada signs additional protocol to cybercrime
convention to combat xenophobic propaganda
Canada became the first non-European country Friday to
sign up to combat "cyberhate," the online
dissemination of xenophobic propaganda.

http://news.findlaw.com/ap/ht/58/07-08-2005/6eca00110d1801a1.html

us: Group Blasts Video Game Over Sex Content
A media watchdog group has denounced the maker of the
hugely popular video game "Grand Theft Auto: San
Andreas" over graphic sexual content that allegedly
exists in the game and can be unlocked with an
Internet download.
 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VIDEO_GAME_SEX

us: With the Rise of Internet Crimes, Users are
Turning to High-Tech ?PI?s? for Solutions (news
release)
Internet users are fighting back by hiring high-tech
private investigators to trace malicious e-mail back
to its source. Cyberstalking, harassment and fraud
Schemes are being perpetrated in alarming numbers
everyday by e-mail. Until now, users have had little
recourse.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/7/prwebxml259503.php

mt: Childnet's Kidsmart programme takes off in Malta
08 July 2005
Over the last few months Childnet has been working
with the Ministry for Investment, Industry and IT in
Malta to translate and adapt its Kidsmart Internet
safety education programme.

http://www.childnet-int.org/news/articles/08jul05.html

de: Internet-Pornos als Kündigungsgrund
Arbeitnehmer, die stundenlang privat im Internet
surfen statt zu arbeiten, müssen in Deutschland mit
einer Kündigung rechnen

http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=269999&tmp=86969

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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nl: Scientologists drop copyright case
A day before the Dutch Supreme Court was to deliver
its final verdict, the Church of Scientology has
dropped its controversial case against writer Karin
Spaink, who hyperlinked to what the church believe is
copyrighted material. However, Spaink wants the case
to continue, as it will establish a freedom of speech
precedence for the internet and ISPs in particular.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/08/scientology_copyright_case/

nz: Teen on hacking charges
With just a few touches of the keyboard, he can create
absolute havoc. Reuben - not his real name, because he
is facing computer hacking-related charges in
Auckland's Youth Court - is a new breed of digital
delinquent: young, smart and with the power to unlock
all your secrets. 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10335105

uk: How 3G phone technology created instant history
The full impact of London's bomb blasts came to your
TV thanks to the mobile, report Anthony Barnes and
Severin Carrell: It was a disaster like no other, as
digital technology brought the full impact of the
horror on London transport to millions in graphic
detail within minutes of the explosions.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article298110.ece

uk: Email spying 'could have stopped killers'
Millions of personal email and mobile phone records
could be stored and shared with police and
intelligence officials across Europe to help thwart
terrorist attacks.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1525245,00.html

de: Sasser creator avoids jail term 
A German youth gets a suspended sentence after being
convicted of creating the crippling Sasser worm.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4659329.stm

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

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1643909,00.html

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2005-07-08T150913Z_01_L08420276_RTRIDST_0_TECH-CRIME-GERMANY-SASSER-DC.XML

"Sasser"-Programmierer erhält Bewährungsstrafe

http://www.faz.net/p/Rub71F0F92B94C240AF8193D17861D4690E/Doc~E645F1537ED1E4EE78DBB6FE57AFEC9C5~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/61521

http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=270077&tmp=64533

kr: Police Face Hard Task of Fighting Online Porno
Police have found it difficult to crack down on online
pornography as Internet users continue to share
obscene content on Web sites raided by investigators
just a week ago.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200507/kt2005070720290111960.htm

us: Man Charged With Stealing Wi-Fi Signal
Police have arrested a man for using someone else's
wireless Internet network in one of the first criminal
cases involving this fairly common practice.

http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2005/07/06/ap2126874.html

http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/07/07/HNwifiarrest_1.html

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-07-07-wifitheft_x.htm

us: Cops Watched Sex Offender's Blog
As they searched for fugitive sex offender Joseph
Duncan, law enforcement agents say they hoped to glean
clues about his location from Duncan's online journal.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68136,00.html

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POLICY
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za: The Promise of Convergence Law
WHILE convergence is a subject much talked about,
there are many unknowns about its implementation and
regulation from a communications industry perspective.
It is no surprise, then, that from a consumer's
perspective little relevant information exists on
convergence and its implications.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200507060153.html

ca: New child porn bill upsets civil liberties groups
The Canadian parliament has introduced amendments to
the country's Criminal Code and the Evidence Act to
toughen laws regarding child pornography.

http://www.indexonline.org/en/indexindex/articles/2005/3/canada-amendments-to-pornography-bill-have-a.shtml

au: Copyright 'safe harbour' faces test
AUSTRALIA'S peak internet industry body is about to
test a safe harbour scheme that was introduced with
amendments to federal copyright legislation which
piggy-backed the US Free Trade Agreement.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15852167%5E15441%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,0.html

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SPAM
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us: A mission to stop the spam army
With America braced for a weekend of computer mayhem,
Clayton Hirst meets Bill Gates's commander-in-chief in
the battle against junk emails: According to an
anonymous posting on the internet, the US could
experience "the world's largest spam fest" this
weekend. The message - which appeared on a website
dedicated to people who want to discuss IT matters -
contained an offer to rent out a series of "hijacked"
personal computers to spammers.

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article298018.ece

us: Penis pill purveyor faces prison
Spammer Christopher "Rizler" Smith is due in court
following his arrest at St Paul International airport.
Prosecutors are calling for Smith to be held in
contempt of court and jailed over his flight from
justice.
 http://out-law.com/page-5887

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/06/rizler_smith_spam_case/

Wenn Du sie nicht überzeugen kannst, verunsichere
sie!Foto: Archiv
Hotmail warnt vor E-Mails, die nicht mit Sender-ID
verschickt wurden - Microsofts Versuch, seine Anwender
zu schützen, oder eine Aktion, um die patentierten
Technologien in Sender-ID zu etablieren?
 http://derstandard.at/?id=2107140

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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uk: Weblogs prove their worth
Power and reach of internet diaries are proven in
aftermath of bombings, say media executives.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1524376,00.html

Blogs als Nachrichtenquelle über Londoner
Bombenexplosionen
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/61479

uk: Web users flock to UK sites for London blast news
Record numbers of visitors deluged British Web sites
on Thursday as people around the world sought news of
the blasts that rocked London's public transport.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2005-07-07T193839Z_01_L07467970_RTRIDST_0_TECH-SECURITY-BRITAIN-INTERNET-DC.XML

sg: We prefer web chat to chit chat
SINGAPOREAN youths seem to spend more time with their
computers than with their friends.

http://it.asia1.com.sg/newsdaily/news001_20050704.html

Calling an end to poverty
Mobile-phone firms have found a profitable way to help
the poor help themselves

http://economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4157618

Pakistan communications restored
A fault in an undersea cable that disrupted Pakistan's
voice and data links with the rest of the world has
been repaired, officials said.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4664983.stm

uk: They're female, under 40 and have £8bn to spend on
hi-tech: meet the new geeks
Geeks are no longer the pimpled, antisocial computer
obsessives of popular lore, according to a major new
survey. The "new geeks" are more than likely to be
female, under the age of 40 and spend their evenings
clubbing, eating out and shopping for the latest
gadgets after research on the internet.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article298074.ece

us: Spyware makes people wary online
Fears over spyware have made more than 90% of American
net users change their online behaviour, says a study.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4659145.stm

http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/software/article.php/3518076

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68120,00.html

U.S. high-speed Internet use up 34 percent in 2004
High-speed Internet use by U.S. businesses and
households rose 34 percent in 2004 to 37.9 million
lines, the Federal Communications Commission said
Thursday.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/12076911.htm

http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/broadband/article.php/3518746

In the palm of your hand
Pen-operated tablet computers have not had much impact
outside industry-specific markets, but companies are
now trying different approaches.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1522333,00.html

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Bureaucrat pleads guilty to child porn charges
A Canberra public servant will be sentenced in
September for using his Parliament House computer to
access child pornography.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1409353.htm

au: Alice man jailed over child porn images
A 37-year-old Alice Springs man will spend a month in
jail for possessing almost 3,000 images of child
pornography.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1409008.htm

us: Stepfather sentenced in child porn case
An Oregon man who married a Kenyan woman and then
travelled to the country to make a pornographic video
with the woman's 10-year-old child was on Wednesday
sentenced to 25 years in prison, prosecutors said.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=22&art_id=qw1120709888387B225

us: Jacksonville pastor charged with downloading child
porn
A pastor was arrested on charges he downloaded child
pornography using his church's Internet connection.

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/12095687.htm
 http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/4692547/detail.html

us: Teacher cleared of child-porn charge
David P. Goodwin, a New York City teacher who lives in
Marlboro, has been cleared of a child pornography
charge by an Ulster County grand jury.

http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/07/09/brf874.htm

us: Ex-Camp Director Charged With Having Child
Pornography
A former director of a summer camp in Marble Falls has
turned himself in after being indicted for possession
of child pornography.
 http://www.kxan.com/global/story.asp?s=3571212

us: Media Deputy Arrested On Child Pornography Charges
Bail is set at $75,000 for a suspended Delaware County
deputy sheriff charged with 82 counts of possession of
child pornography on his home computer.
 http://www.nbc10.com/news/4698645/detail.html

http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_189104523.html

http://www.kyw1060.com/news_story_detail.cfm?newsitemid=47611

us: Fort Bragg Soldier Arrested On Child Pornography
Charges
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said Army Spec.
Justin Henry Glasgow, 23, of Bingham Drive in
Fayetteville, was charged with seven counts of
third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
 http://www.wral.com/news/4697000/detail.html
 http://www.nbc17.com/news/4697038/detail.html

us: Investigation nets two arrests in child
pornography case
Redlands police arrested a San Bernardino man and the
local investigation led to the arrest of a Modesto
man, both believed to be involved in Internet child
pornography

http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/Stories/0,1413,209~22484~2955386,00.html

us: Former [*edited*] Urban Planner Says He's Not
Guilty of Possession of Child Pornography
A former [*edited*] Urban Planner could face more
than 300 years in prison if he's convicted of the
charges against him.  [*edited*] pleaded Not Guilty to
32 counts of Possession of Child Pornography Thursday
morning in a [*edited*] courtroom.

[message edited for legal reasons]

us: Doctor resigns after child porn charge
A doctor at an Alturas medical center resigned after
he was charged with possession of child pornography
involving videotapes of girls being examined at the
hospital.
 http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3574153

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/12092853.htm

http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2005/07/09/news/top_stories/top3.txt

us: Former Gymnast Gets Suspended Sentence In Child
Porn Case
A former Iowa gymnast, whose actions were described by
his attorney as a joke, has received a two-year
suspended sentence for downloading child pornography.

http://www.theiowachannel.com/sports/4702522/detail.html

http://www.gazetteonline.com/2005/07/08/Home/News/gymnastchildpornsentence.htm

us: Former Cop Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges
A former San Diego police officer pleaded guilty
Wednesday to a felony charge of manufacturing child
pornography through the use of a minor.
 http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/4692547/detail.html

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050707/lo_kgtv/2813105
 http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/4700267/detail.html

http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/050706sandiego.htm

us: OKC Man Cries As He Asks For Leniency On Child
Porn Sentence
An Oklahoma City man wept as he sought leniency Friday
in his punishment for a child pornography conviction.

http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=86389

us: Former school headmaster pleads guilty in child
porn case
The former headmaster of Huntsville Christian Academy
pleaded guilty to federal charges involving the use of
the Internet to collect child pornography.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050708/APN/507081003

http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1120900580302371.xml&coll=1

us: Alleged child porn Web ring indicted
A Michigan man has been charged in federal court in
San Jose with creating child pornography Web sites and
five Northern California residents, including a Walnut
Creek man, have been accused of being clients.
 http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_2846786

us: CT man sentenced for child porn
A Connecticut man who was a counselor at Pine Hills
Youth Detention Center has was sentenced to more than
three years in prison for accessing child pornography
on his work computer.
 http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=3570652
 http://www.nbc30.com/news/4698373/detail.html

http://www.montanaforum.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3183

us: Redlands detectives suspect man distributed child
porn
Police believe they may have thwarted an Internet
child pornography network with the arrests of two men
they believe are the main distributors.

http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2955898,00.html

us: Ex-Marine faces charges of child porn, explosives
Federal authorities have charged a former Marine with
possessing child pornography and illegal explosives.

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050707/7059987.asp

http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regional.asp?selection=article_36497

us: Man gets 5 years on child porn charge
A Lexington man was sentenced Wednesday in U.S.
District Court to five years in prison for possessing
child pornography.
 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/12071550.htm

us: S.J.-based grand jury indicts six in child porn
investigation
Law enforcement officials in Europe and the United
States, acting on information contained in a federal
grand jury indictment issued in San Jose last month,
have arrested the Michigan operator of child
pornography Web sites and numerous alleged
subscribers, including several in Northern California.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/sv/20050706/tc_siliconvalley/_www12059626_1

us: Belfry man admits to having child porn
A Belfry man admitted in federal court Wednesday to
possessing child pornography on his computer.

http://billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/07/07/build/state/65-porn-charges.inc

http://www.montanaforum.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3172

us: Child porn site owner, customers indicted
The alleged creator of a child pornography Web site
and five of his subscribers face federal charges after
they were indicted here by a grand jury, according to
the U.S. Attorney's Office.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206~24533~2954388,00.html

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/06/state/n120202D56.DTL

http://www.sgvtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,205~24512~2954388,00.html
 http://www.nbc11.com/technology/4690858/detail.html

us: Man arrested on child porn charges
Last month, Danville police went to a Robertson Avenue
home in search of drugs. Instead, they say they
stumbled upon evidence of child pornography.

http://registerbee.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=DRB/MGArticle/DRB_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783674564

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wxii/20050705/lo_wxii/2809481

us: Ex-Big Brothers volunteer charged in child porn
case
A Bedford County man who was dropped as a Big Brothers
Big Sisters volunteer was charged last week with four
felony counts of possessing child pornography.

http://newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783697832

us: Landis man awaits federal sentencing on
pornography charge
A Landis man with the first name of a teenage girl he
was accused of molesting tattooed on his right
shoulder is awaiting sentencing on a federal charge
that he possessed child pornography pictures on his
computer.
 http://www.salisburypost.com/area/294624738076757.php

us: Police: Kiddie porn found on ex-coroner's computer
Police said they found child pornography on a business
computer owned by former Henry County Coroner Robert
Scott Troxell, who resigned from office last week
after being arrested on sex-related charges.

http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/1/042765-8131-001.html

us: Man's child porn conviction is upheld
An appellate court reaffirms the conviction of a
Beverly Hills man who claimed it was never proved the
porn he possessed depicted real children.

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/09/Citrus/Man_s_child_porn_conv.shtml

us: Child porn collector deemed a predator
A Lower Southampton man who told police that he
couldn?t trust himself around small children has been
deemed a sexually violent predator.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-07092005-512399.html

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