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general internet news - 7 November
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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au: Computer Crime in a World Without Borders
Dr Peter Grabosky is the Director of Research at the
Australian Institute of Criminology. His paper
presented at the 70th Conference of Commissioners of
Police of Australasia and the South-West Pacific
Region, published here, provides an interesting
overview of computer-related crime, examining nine
varieties namely: theft of services; communications in
furtherance of criminal conspiracies; information
piracy; the dissemination of offensive materials
(including extortion threats); electronic money
laundering; electronic vandalism and terrorism;
telemarketing fraud; illegal interception; and
electronic funds transfer fraud.
http://www.afp.gov.au/afp/raw/Publications/Platypus/Jun00/compcri.htm
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Mobile safety guidelines released
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has
today released its draft guidelines for both mobile
service and mobile content providers who supply
chat-room style services for mobile phones.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Mobile_safety_guidelines_released/0,2000061791,39220873,00.htm
http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/zdnet/20051105/09/tech/0,2000061791,39220873,00.inp
au: ACMA proposes safety measures for mobile chat
rooms (news release)
http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.65674:STANDARD:1082275687:pc=PC_100264
za: SA children the targets of phone porn
Child protection agency Childline is worried: hardcore
pornography on cellphones and the Internet is reaching
children to such an extent that the organisation has
had to create a separate database to track the abuse.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=vn20051105091826107C720974
INHOPE membership grows (news release)
South America and new EU Member States back fight
against illegal websites
http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.144.htm
Childnet announces the launch of the Know IT All
Internet safety campaign 01 November 2005
Childnet this week is pleased to announce the launch
of the Know IT All Internet safety campaign aimed at
secondary schools. This campaign which is a joint
initiative with MSN UK, Microsoft and the Virtual
Global Taskforce, consists of a pilot volunteer
programme called Getting to Know IT All, and a
teachers resource pack called Know IT All.
http://www.childnet-int.org/news/articles/011105.html
za: SA children the targets of phone porn
The child protection organisation Childline is taking
emergency steps to deal with escalating phenomenon of
young children accessing hardcore pornography via
cellphones and the Internet.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20051105091826107C720974
us: CDT Applauds New Industry Push for Internet
Privacy Legislation
Announcing today that it would support national
Internet privacy legislation, Microsoft Corp. joined a
growing group of major high-tech companies that
support the creation of robust federal rules to
protect citizens' privacy rights online. With
companies like Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and eBay
aligning themselves with public interest advocates in
the call for stronger privacy protections, momentum is
now clearly on the side of those advocating for a
robust new federal law, CDT President Jerry Berman
said. "While we have not reached consensus on all of
the provisions of a privacy bill, we applaud Microsoft
's willingness to work actively with other high tech
companies, consumer organizations, and policy makers
to make serious privacy legislation a reality."
http://cdt.org/
us: Parents as filters
It's the Information Age, but parents still don't know
what their kids are doing ? especially when it comes
to technology.
http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/1105/06sltechnowar.html
us: Program at HSU will address Internet threats to
children
Computers and the Internet provide many children with
a high-tech link to their friends, but some children
are unknowingly being victimized by sexual predators
while "chatting" online.
http://www.siftingsherald.com/articles/2005/11/04/news/news4.txt
Bullying at schools is on the rise
The parents of children from East, Heights, Cottage
and Alternative schools turned out on Oct. 27 to hear
from an expert researcher in child aggression on what
they can do to combat bullying at school.
http://www.townonline.com/sharon/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=362030
cn: Outspoken Chinese blog 'blocked'
A popular Chinese blog has been blocked by the Chinese
authorities, according to Paris-based press freedom
group Reporters Without Borders.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4404878.stm
Chinese blog shut down just days after being nominated
for free expression contest
Reporters Without Borders today condemned the
censorship of pro-democracy writer Wang Yi?s blog
(http://zhivago.tianyablog.com), which was closed down
just days after it was nominated for the ?freedom of
expression? category in a blog contest
(www.thebobs.de) being organised by the German radio
station Deutsche Welle.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15491
cn: Watchdog to continue inquiry into 'spy' e-mail
The Privacy Commissioner has decided to further
consider whether Yahoo!'s disclosure of information to
mainland authorities leading to the imprisonment of a
journalist breached the personal data privacy
ordinance in light of public concern.
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=32846
China reportedly shuts down blog
Chinese authorities have blocked a pro-democracy Web
log after it was nominated for a freedom of expression
award by a German radio station, a press freedom group
said Thursday.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-11-03-china-blocks-blog_x.htm
ca: Websites weigh problem of posted threats
Groups debate what, if anything, webmasters should do
when users post threatening messages on-line
http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051104.gtthreatnov4/BNStory/Technology/
Egyptian blogger missing
Egyptian law student Abdolkarim Nabil Seliman has
disappeared after being arrested for alleged
anti-government and anti-Islamic blogs.
http://p2pnet.net/story/6863
ly: Internet Journalist Sentenced to Prison
A Libyan court has sentenced an Internet journalist to
one-and-a-half years in prison after he published
articles critical of the government, Human Rights
Watch said today. The sentence is an apparent attempt
by the government to silence free speech and
dissenting views.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200511040123.html
Die Methoden der Cyberstalker
Sie sind Ex-Lover oder obsessive Verehrer. Ihre Opfer
? es sind Millionen ? ängstigen sie mit Mails, SMS und
Foreneinträgen.
http://focus.msn.de/hps/fol/newsausgabe/newsausgabe.htm?id=10802
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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us: Calif. man charged in 'bot net' attacks
A 20-year-old man accused of using thousands of
hijacked computers, or "bot nets," to damage systems
and send massive amounts of spam across the Internet
was arrested Thursday in what authorities called the
first such prosecution of its kind.
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-5931935.html
http://www.out-law.com/page-6306
jp: Child porn victims skyrocket following police
crackdown
The number of victims of child prostitution and child
pornography has skyrocketed almost threefold in the
first six months of 2005, largely because of a
crackdown on perpetrators, according to a National
Police Agency report.
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20051103p2a00m0na016000c.html
Nigeria joins antiscam effort
British and Nigerian officials are teaming up to warn
Internet users of fraudulent e-mails that try to con
recipients into handing over cash.
http://news.com.com/Nigeria+joins+antiscam+effort/2100-7348_3-5932941.html
us: Nominee's past rulings give hint of tech views
As a federal judge at the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in Philadelphia, Samuel Alito has accumulated
a lengthy record of written decisions that hint at how
he would rule in technology-related cases that come
before the Supreme Court. ... Alito's confirmation
hearings are certain to focus on hot-button
constitutional issues such as his views on abortion,
affirmative action and gun rights. But a few cases
show that the broadly conservative philosophy of
Alito, 55, means he takes a limited view of copyright,
which could bode well for tech companies, as well as a
permissive approach toward electronic surveillance by
police.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5927003.html
us: Man sued over grandson's downloads
A 67-year-old man who says he doesn't even like
watching movies has been sued by the film industry for
copyright infringement after a grandson of his
downloaded four movies on their home computer.
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/man-sued-over-grandsons-downloads/2005/11/03/1130823289913.html
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POLICY
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au: Call for web porn purge
PUBLIC access to internet pornography and violence
should be banned in all commonwealth, state and local
government facilities, Senator Guy Barnett said.
http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17154444%255E3462,00.html
Greek government to toughen laws against child
pornography distributors
Papaligouras said a new draft bill will allow maximum
prison sentences of more than 10 years and fines of up
to US$600,000 for people convicted of producing or
distributing child pornography.The stiffest penalties
will be for cases where children suffered grievous
bodily harm as a result of the sexual acts depicted,
the AP reports.
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/11/03/66936.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Firefox fanbase reaches new high
The open source Firefox browser is now being used by
more people than ever, figures show.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4406204.stm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/03/browser_survey/
US youths use internet to create
Most young Americans use the web to create, share and
remix content, says a research report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4403574.stm
Baltic States Internet Population
Web adoption continues to grow in the 11 countries on
the Baltic Sea.
http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/geographics/article.php/3561451
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Aussie court awards Microsoft $1.3m
Australia's Federal Court has ordered Sydney-based
company PC Club Australia to pay Microsoft $A1.3
million in damages and costs for pirating its
software.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3467733a28,00.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man admits to possessing child porn
A man from Exmouth, in the north-west of Western
Australia, has admitted to possessing a number of
images of child pornography.
http://abc.net.au/news/items/200511/1496826.htm
nz: Accountant on child porn charges
An accountant is facing 16 charges of possessing child
pornography.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10353361
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