general internet news - 6 October

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

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us: Sites teach safety, both online and off
The truth is, it's impossible to talk about protecting
children without calling attention to dangers from
violent games, excessive use, cyber-bullying and
predators.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/weekly/3380881

China shuts three anti-govt sites
China has shut down three popular internet websites as
part of a new drive to keep out content seen as
anti-government and potentially inciting unrest, human
rights groups say.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/china-shuts-three-antigovt-sites/2005/10/05/1128191752797.html

http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051004.gtchinaoct4/BNStory/Technology/

Saudi agency blocks access to blogger.com
Reporters Without Borders today called on the Internet
Services Unit (ISU), the agency that manages Web
filtering in Saudi Arabia, to explain why the weblog
creation and hosting service blogger.com has been made
inaccessible since 3 October, preventing Saudi
bloggers from updating their blogs.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15201

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/2005/10/04/saudi-arabia-blocks-blogger-and-flickr-again/

Saudi-Arabien zensiert Blogger.com
 http://golem.de/0510/40830.html

uk: REPORTS TO IWF HIT 100,000!
In October 1996 the IWF received the first ever report
to its internet ?hotline?. This week, 9 years on, the
number of reports has just hit 100,000.
 http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.138.htm

Regulation of the media in Hungary
Roger Darlington had been back from Hungary a few days
following his participation in a three-day
international media conference, so he has had some
time to reflect on the event. It was organised by the
International Children's Safety Service (NGS) and the
National Radio and Television Board (ORTT) and the
title was "The Effects Of The Media On Children And
Young People". In my capacity as Chair of the Internet
Watch Foundation in the UK, I made a presentation on
the subject ?Combating Child Abuse Images On The
Internet: The British Experience?. In several ways, it
was a rather curious event:

http://www.ofcomwatch.co.uk/2005/10/regulation-of-media-in-hungary

Chinas Zensur-Trip geht weiter
Nachdem die chinesische Regierung kürzlich die Regeln
für die Zensur im Internet verschärft hat, wurden nun
erste Websites gesperrt.

http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=275760&tmp=94320

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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nz: Child pornography peddlers warned
Internal Affairs has issued a warning to peddlers of
child sex abuse images following the jailing of a
repeat offender in Auckland yesterday.
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3432678a11,00.html

Internet 'more robust' than thought
The Internet can withstand attacks on its
infrastructure better than people think, say
Australian researchers.
 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1474327.htm

bd: Art, free speech and the market of pornography By
Dr. Mohammad Omar Farooq
As of 2003, with the pornography industry reaching a
worldwide market of 57+ billion dollars, porn revenue
being larger than the combined revenues of all
professional football, baseball and basketball
franchises, US porn revenue exceeding the combined
revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC (the three broadcast TV
networks), mushrooming porn-websites (4.2 millions;
12.5% of all sites), and daily pornographic search
engine requests almost 68 million (25% of total search
engine requests), it has become a really hot issue for
those who oppose pornography and those who defend or
cherish it.

http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_22210.shtml

us: State Supreme Court to decide child pornography
sentencing
Minnesota's Supreme Court heard arguments that could
radically affect the amount of prison time for
possessing child pornography. At issue is whether each
downloaded image represents a separate crime or
whether downloading child pornography is one illegal
act. The arguments stem from the case of a Macalester
College student who pleaded guilty to 19 counts of
possessing and disseminating child pornography.

http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/10/04_stawickie_porncase/

ca: Police: Child Pornographers Go High-Tech
Sex crimes investigators around the world will need to
step up their technological know-how as child
pornography becomes more mobile and difficult to
detect, a veteran of Toronto police's sex crimes unit
told an international conference Monday.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1181430

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20051004/ap_on_re_ca/canada_sex_crimes_2

ca: Child porn becoming more elusive
Improved technology is making it harder for police to
detect offenders, a conference is told.

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/2005/10/04/1247285-sun.html

ca: Cellphones, PDAs new tools in arsenal of child
pornographers, police say
Sex crimes investigators around the world will need to
step up their technological know-how as child
pornography becomes more mobile and difficult to
detect, says a veteran of Toronto police's sex crimes
unit who spoke Monday at an international conference.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20051003/ca_pr_on_na/child_porn_conference_1

Toxic blogs threaten Web users
Cybercriminals are increasingly hosting malicious
files on blogs, ready for a Trojan to download them to
a victim's PC

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39225773,00.htm

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POLICY
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ke: Why Regulation of VoIP is Necessary
A while ago, the communications regulator issued
guidelines for VoIP a technology that takes voice
communications and transmits them as packets of data
on internet networks. The VoIP market is expected to
grow tremendously. Just last week, Telkom Kenya
launched its new pre-paid VoIP service. Other
newcomers are expected to roll out soon.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200510040417.html

za: Gigaba calls for support against child pornography
Malusi Gigaba, the home affairs deputy minister, has
called on parents to support the national Friends of
the Child campaign. The government launched the
campaign last month to create awareness around child
pornography.

http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,113628,00.html

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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us: Missing Student's Online Musings Aid Search
Before she disappeared from a Richmond university four
weeks ago, Taylor Marie Behl recorded her moods, her
crushes, her insecurities in 50 entries she posted
online over the span of 12 months. In language both
spare and pensive, she detailed rites of passage, from
earning her driver's license to preparing for
university.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/02/AR2005100201193.html

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FILE SHARING
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Downloads of music triple
The popularity of digital music continues to grow,
with downloads tripling in the first half of 2005,
almost compensating for the decline in CD and DVD
music sales.

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,16559,1584345,00.html

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Google tie-up piles pressure on Microsoft
Google has joined forces with Sun Microsystems to ramp
up distribution of a rival to Microsoft?s Office

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1811937,00.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4310474.stm
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3433897a28,00.html

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9828645

ec: Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission
responsible for Information Society and Media, on The
role of libraries in the information society

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/566

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Officer guilty of child porn
A TASMANIAN police officer was convicted yesterday of
child pornography.

http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16817100%255E3462,00.html

au: Townsville man to face child porn charges
A 43-year-old man has been arrested on child
pornography charges in north Queensland.
 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1473281.htm

us: High court hears child porn case
Evidence from a search that turned up child
pornography on a man's office computer in Sioux Falls
should be allowed at the upcoming trial of Charles
Edwin Helland, the South Dakota Supreme Court was told
Monday by a prosecutor.

http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/12806699.htm

us: FDLE inspector charged with 50 criminal counts of
child pornography
A veteran inspector at the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement who won a Bronze Star in Iraq with his
Army reserve unit was charged Tuesday with 50 criminal
counts of child pornography.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-1004fdlcharges,0,52059.story

http://www.winktv.com/x466.xml?URL=http://localhost/APWIREFEED/d8d1fo602.xml
 nhttp://www.local6.com/news/5057443/detail.html

us: Child Pornography
Aaron Shaffer was found in guilty of distributing
child pornography and possession of child pornography.
 http://www.wibw.com/news/headlines/1883082.html

us: Former officer faces trial on child pornography
charges
More than four years after his arrest, former
Rosenberg police officer Gary Wayne Stone will be
facing a jury this week.

http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2005/10/04/news/news02.txt

us: Lodi to Terminate Fire Chief Convicted on
Pornography Charges
The City of Lodi is reportedly taking steps to get rid
of a fire department captain who was convicted of
possessing child pornography.
 http://www.kxtv.com/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=13461

us: SD Supreme Court Hears Child Pornography Case
He led hundreds of Sioux Falls boy scouts, but
prosecutors also believe Charles Helland collected
thousands of images that victimized children.

http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail5440.cfm?Id=0,42969

us: Bastrop High educator in child porn inquiry
A Bastrop High School associate principal has
announced his resignation and remains under
investigation for possession of child pornography,
officials said Tuesday.

http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/10/5principal.html

us: Former Charlotte church volunteer sentenced on
child porn charges
A former church volunteer was sentenced Monday to more
than 11 years in prison for child pornography charges,
federal officials said.

http://journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031785443941

http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/?ArID=103915&SecID=2

us: Investigation Is Underway After Child Porn Is
Found On Computer
A state police investigation is underway after
pornography is found on a computer used by an eastern
kentucky school superintendent.
 http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3937872

us: Lane sentenced to 14-30 years in prison
Convicted of molesting a teenage boy and possessing
child pornography, longtime local radio station owner
Douglas V. Lane was handed a long prison sentence
Tuesday in Lackawanna County Court.

http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15329646

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