general internet news - 25 August

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

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Website Turks laugh on
Some weeks ago I included a story on a website in Oz
that reflected badly on Turks in Sydney on which it
was alleged that thugs boasted "of murder, drug
dealing and violent assaults". The report gained wide
media coverage in Sydney and beyond, however it has
turned out the site was a SATIRE! An example of gutter
journalism at its worst in times when certain groups
are vilified for various reasons, including the Bush
administration and their "war on terror" or "struggle
against extremism".
 http://abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1442943.htm

au: Group warns parents, teachers to be watchful
THE Federal Government's NetAlert safety authority
yesterday spoke to Geelong parents and teachers to
alert them to potential online dangers to their
children, such as pedophiles.

http://www.geelonginfo.com/readarticle.asp?articleid=16896

us: Scholar says Web porn ills worsen
The Internet is bringing pornography into homes at an
unprecedented level, and devastating families,
marriages and children, a Brigham Young researcher
said Tuesday. She suggesed a broad change to the
Internet itself and urged Congress to take on the
problem.
 http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2967801

us: Suthers targets Net predators
As state attorney general, Ken Salazar worried about
children's safety at school; his successor worries
about their safety at computer keyboards at home.

http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/05/news050823_2.htm

ly: Seif Gaddafi asked to intercede on behalf of
imprisoned cyber-dissident Al Mansouri
Reporters Without Borders wrote today to Seif al-Islam
Gaddafi, the president of the Gaddafi Foundation,
asking him to intercede on behalf of imprisoned
cyber-dissident Abdel Razak Al Mansouri and seek his
release. The request has been made as the government
prepares to pardon 131 political prisoners in early
September on the 36th anniversary of the coup that
brought Col. Muammar Gaddafi to power.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14748

cn: China tries to wipe Internet icon from Web
Floozie or role model, attention monger or free
spirit? For months, China has been debating what to
make of its latest Internet-born star, a young woman
known nationwide as Furong Jiejie, aka Sister Furong.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/23/AR2005082300453.html

uk: Violent internet porn to get new laws in the UK
The Government has said it will announce plans to
strengthen laws applicable to violent internet
pornography in the next few weeks. Such material is
generally illegal to publish but legal to view in the
UK under the current regime.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/23/uk_web_crackdown/

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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au: Movies plan move on pirates
THE movie industry may consider prosecuting internet
users who download pirated copies of Hollywood
blockbusters, warning it will take pirates to court if
consumers "migrate to illegal downloads en masse".

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16345717%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

us: Judge may dismiss porn-law challenge
Eleven of the 15 plaintiffs challenging a law passed
this year to protect children from Internet
pornography may no longer have a case if the Utah
attorney general wins a dismissal that was filed
Tuesday.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600158142,00.html

Weapons gained in fight against online sexual
predators
According to the U.S. Justice Department, more
incidents of online child pornography and child sexual
exploitation are being identified for investigation
than ever before. In fact, the department said, sexual
predators preying on children is "one of the most
significant cyber crime problems confronting the FBI."

http://theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050822/OPINION01/508220310/

ID theft spyware scam uncovered
Thousands of computer users have been caught out by a
huge ID theft ring.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4173218.stm

us: Companies dinged on Web privacy
It may not come as a surprise to many online shoppers,
but a new study released this week shows that many
major American companies misuse information they
collect from consumers over the Web.
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5842176.html

ph/us: American held in cybersex raid
Philippine police arrested a 39-year-old American man
after raiding a ?cybersex? den he was suspected of
running near a former US airforce base north of the
capital Manila, officials said yesterday.

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=49908&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050823-0746-crime-philippines-cybersex.html

Zollamt versteigerte PC mit Kinderpornos
Es sollte nur ein Test sein, ob Verkäufer gebrauchter
Computer private Daten auf Festplatten tatsächlich
unwiederbringlich löschen. Ein Computermagazin fand
auf einem vom Zoll verkauften Rechner jedoch nicht nur
Partyfotos, sondern auch Kinderpornos.

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/technologie/0,1518,370872,00.html

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nz: Microsoft find spam bill hard to swallow
The US executive charged with leading Microsoft's
global drive against spam and phishing frauds paid a
flying visit to Wellington last week to try to talk
the Government out of passing its proposed anti-spam
bill in its current form.
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3384447a28,00.html

http://theage.com.au/news/breaking/microsoft-finds-nz-spam-bill-hard-to-swallow/2005/08/22/1124562779216.html

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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World Summit Youth Award
The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) aims to empower
youth by creating digital opportunity. It is an
international competition for youth-led projects that
encourage the active participation of young people in
the emerging Information Society. It is the first
global ?youth for youth? initiative for selecting and
promoting best practice in e-content and technological
creativity. WSYA is not only a showcase to the world
for young designers, technologists and e-content
creators, it also contributes on a global scale to
reducing poverty, protecting the environment, sharing
knowledge and empowering marginalized youth groups.
The three WSYA categories are Development, Creativity
& Culture and Community Engagement. This awards
competition is held within the framework of the UN
World Summit on the Information Society.
 http://www.youthaward.org/wsya/

uk: Tease not sleaze on mobile phones
Money from adult content has failed to live up to the
hype for mobile networks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1555315,00.html

uk: Over-35s drive eBay UK web hits
Nearly half of the UK's net users visit eBay monthly
and most are over 35, says a net monitoring firm.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4177644.stm

Internet traffic growth slows down dramatically in
2005 ? report
Global cross-border internet traffic grew by just 49
per cent in 2005, down from 103 per cent in 2004.
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=9838

us: Net porn called a threat to marriage
A flood of highly graphic Internet pornography ? much
of it illegally targeting children ? will keep eroding
"an already vulnerable culture of marriage" unless
social norms change drastically, a Brigham Young
University researcher and family therapist said.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600158179,00.html

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Relax, Bill Gates; It's Google's Turn as the Villain
(reg req'd; free for short period)
Many in Silicon Valley are skittish about Google's
size and power, and fret that its strengths are
transforming it into a threat.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/24/technology/24valley.html

http://iht.com/articles/2005/08/24/business/valley.php
(no registration req'd)

Google sets tongues wagging with Talk
Search giant Google has sent an instant message to its
rivals with the launch of its Talk service.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4180182.stm

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9456814

http://iht.com/articles/2005/08/24/business/google.php

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1555170,00.html

Tight-lipped Google starts chatting
Despite earlier denials, Google has launched into the
chat market with an instant messenging (IM)
application for Windows.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Tight_lipped_Google_starts_chatting/0,2000061733,39208416,00.htm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/23/AR2005082301588.html

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1747621,00.html

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=9456354

Google squares up to Windows
Google today launches a product which signals its
intention to usurp the world's most popular operating
platform

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1745470,00.html

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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Czech police arrest three men suspected of producing
child pornography(Updated PM 05:34)
Czech police have arrested three men suspected of
producing child pornography and sexually abusing
underage girls.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=30143

us: Cyber lab helps indict 28 people since 2004
The FBI credits its cyber laboratory for helping
indict 28 people in Connecticut who are accused of
trading child pornography and being sexual predators
since last year.

http://news.newstimeslive.com/story.php?id=73829&category=Regional

http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-cyber2aug22,0,4228881.story

us: 2nd Circuit Splits Over Use of 'Candyman' Warrants
What one lawyer described as a "stark" division has
emerged among judges in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals over the constitutionality of search warrants
used in the roundup of dozens of men nationwide in an
anti-child pornography sweep.
 http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1124714414371

us: Former FDL City Official Charged with Child
Pornography
The former director of human resources for the City of
Fond du Lac was formally charged Tuesday morning with
20 felony counts of possessing child pornography. If
convicted, Ben Mercer faces up to 70 years in prison.
 http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=3755988

us: Mission coach arrested on child pornography charge
A Mission Veterans High School physical education
teacher and junior varsity football coach was arrested
Friday for allegedly e-mailing child pornography to
someone he met on the Internet, a second-degree
felony.

http://themonitor.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=8779&Section=Valley

us: P.B. man sentenced for sending child porn
A Poplar Bluff man was sentenced for more than a year
in federal prison Monday for transporting child
pornography via the Internet.

http://www.darnews.com/articles/2005/08/23/news/news6.txt

us: Former Marine recruiter ordered to stand trial on
child porn
A 30-year-old former Marine Corps recruiter in Wausau
has been ordered to stand trial on eight counts of
possessing child pornography.
 http://www.gazetteextra.com/recruiter_porn082305.asp

us: Child porn case moves toward trial
The case against a former Marine Corps recruiter in
Wausau who has been charged with possession of child
pornography was sent to trial after a hearing Monday
in Marathon County court.

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/wdhlocal/333329501369238.shtml

us: Child pornography plea could net 20-year term
A Town of Tonawanda man faces up to 20 years in prison
when he is sentenced in December after pleading guilty
to receiving child pornography.

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050820/2051419.asp

us: Coach Charged With Promotion of Child Pornography
The charges against this coach originated following an
investigation by Irving police, up near Dallas.
 http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=3752469

us: Ex-Hospital Official is Going to Prison
A former vice president at Akron General Medical
Center has been sentenced to 30 months in federal
prison after pleading guilty to child pornography
charges.

http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=218153&source=r_health

us: Ethics panel suggests suspending lawyer's license
A lawyers' disciplinary board recommended Monday that
a former deputy attorney general lose his license for
six months to practice law for clicking to massive
volumes of Internet child pornography on two of his
workplace computers. It turned away arguments for more
severe punishment.

http://app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050823/NEWS03/508230312/

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