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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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us: Conference to focus on child safety on-line
Given all the other ways people have found to abuse
the Internet, maybe it was just a matter of time
before children began to bully each other online.
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/headlines/ci_3146310
iPorn: Adult sites offer iPod 'featurettes'
Independently produced content made for Apple's new
video iPod is beginning to appear online - and as with
any new technology, it may be sex that sells first.
http://hardware.silicon.com/storage/0,39024649,39153541,00.htm
cn: Dissident blasts Yahoo for complying with Beijing
When Yahoo surrendered information on journalist Shi
Tao that led to his imprisonment, and outpour of anger
began
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=32238
dk: TDC activates child porn filter
Danish telco TDC has activated a nationwide filter to
help fight child pornography on the internet. The
filter, which covers TDC customers, has been developed
in cooperation with the national police and Save the
Children.
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=10886
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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au: Parents can help curb Internet child porn: AFP
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say people are
still buying child pornography on the Internet despite
hundreds of arrests last year.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1490518.htm
uk: Internet child porn block calls
Internet service providers have been urged to publicly
declare whether they block the use of websites
containing child pornography.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4377348.stm
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article322374.ece
au: Inside hackers' kindergarten
A RASH of website defacements demonstrates that
hackers can enter corporate, government and education
websites at will, according to cyber-security expert
Ken Low.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17022521%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
We need UN body to combat cyber crime, says MP
The gaps between the jurisdictions of individual
countries are being exploited by international cyber
criminals, according to internet experts.
http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39153582,00.htm
us: New Rules On Internet Wiretapping Challenged
New federal wiretapping rules that would make it
easier for law enforcement to monitor e-mails and
Internet-based phone calls were challenged by privacy,
high-tech and telecommunications groups in federal
court yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501807.html
us: Fighting cybercrime on a shoestring budget
New York?s Computer Crime Squad investigates the full
spectrum of criminal activity
http://www.gcn.com/24_31/news/37381-1.html
us: Iowa task force goes after cyber crime against
children
Iowa?s law enforcement community is teaming up to
fight Internet crime with a new task force focusing on
cases that victimize children.
http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2005/10/25/news/state/doc435dafca0c0b2035795501.txt
EU lawmaker, states clash over data storage rules
Details of all telephone calls in the European Union
should only be stored for three months at most to
fight terror, an EU lawmaker said on Monday, rejecting
calls from the bloc's member states for storage of a
year or more.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=10028394
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POLICY
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eu: No agreement on the framework decision on
combating racism and xenophobia at the Justice and
Home Affairs Council
European ministers of Justice and Home Affairs did not
reach an agreement on the framework decision on
combating racism and xenophobia during their meeting
in Luxembourg on 2 June.
http://www.eu2005.lu/en/actualites/communiques/2005/06/02jai-rx/index.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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nz: Net gambling a safe bet
New technology paving the way for online gaming will
be in place by mid-2006.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3455683a28,00.html
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/nz-net-gambling-a-safe-bet/2005/10/26/1130285563171.html
at: 2,4 Millionen Österreicher shoppen online
36 Prozent aller Österreicher haben bereits online
eingekauft. Beliebteste Portale sind Amazon und eBay.
http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=276548
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FILE SHARING
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hk: BitTorrent user convicted over movie sharing
A Hong Kong man has been convicted of copyright
infringement using the BitTorrent service, in what is
believed to be the first case of its kind.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5913161.html
http://www.out-law.com/page-6264
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Microsoft joins Yahoo on digital library alliance
An alliance including Microsoft and Yahoo says it is
fast gaining backers to challenge Google in digitising
many of the world's great books.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=10050520
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MICROSOFT_BOOK_SEARCH
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