general internet news - 17 November

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

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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cn: How the Great Firewall of China keeps cyber
dissidents in check (free till ~18 November)
It's known as the "Great Firewall of China" to the
rest of the world, but to the Chinese government it's
the "Golden Shield". China's internet filtering
system, the most sophisticated and extensive in the
world according to a recent report by Harvard Law
School, is in the front line of the Chinese
authorities' attempts to maintain control of an
increasingly fractious society by preventing the
spread of political dissent. But blocking websites
such as Amnesty International, or ones that relate to
the banned Falun Gong movement, or Tibetan
independence, is just one part of the government's
efforts to control Chinese cyberspace.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article327308.ece

nz: Keeping safe on the internet
We are constantly told to take care when using the
internet - especially when it is used for banking,
which it is by 1.7 million New Zealanders. Close Up
sorts through the internet safety basics.
 http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/627258

za: Broadcaster Blasted for Missing Meeting On
Pornography
Parliament will be taking steps to force South
Africa's privately owned broadcaster, eTV, to appear
before a committee and explain its role in the
"reckless" distribution of pornography.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200511150537.html

us: Industry Addresses Pornography Available For Video
iPods
The new video iPod from Apple was created to let users
download episodes of TV shows and concerts, but now
the spotlight is on pornography.
 http://www.nbc4.com/news/5333609/detail.html

us: Teenagers and the Internet: Not so perfect
together
The impact of teenagers being bullied by their peers
online is often misunderstood and minimized by parents
and school administrators, an expert on cyber bullying
said.

http://hub.gmnews.com/news/2005/1110/Front_page/030.html

Cambodia court probes 'euthanasia tourism' website
American expat under fire for hosting websites
promoting Cambodia as ideal suicide destination
 http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=33258

Mini-Porn Could Be Mega-Business
Apple Computer Inc. took 20 days to reach 1 million
downloads of video files from its online store; the
Web site SuicideGirls, offering free videos of
unclothed models, hit the mark in about a week.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/14/AR2005111401456.html

us: Libraries struggle in age of Net smut
Public libraries have leapt into the digital age,
installing high-speed lines and offering free online
surfing.

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2ODE1ODU5JnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg==

us: Utah's AG urges kids to help build a good society
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff spoke Friday to
students at Cedar High School and Canyon View High
School encouraging them to get involved in the
undeclared war against the use of club drugs, Internet
pornography and teen suicide.

http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051112/NEWS01/511120307/1002/NEWS01

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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uk: Task force to seize child porn profits
The finances of organised criminal gangs selling
images of child abuse on pay-per-view internet sites
are to be targeted by an anti-paedophile centre to be
established in the UK next year.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1641469,00.html

nz: Keeping safe on the internet
We are constantly told to take care when using the
internet - especially when it is used for banking,
which it is by 1.7 million New Zealanders.
 http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/627258

au: IT governance in anti-terrorist spotlight
IT managers and senior executives at organisations
responsible for Australia's "critical infrastructure"
will next year get tighter guidelines about managing
their corporate information networks and IT security.

http://zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/IT_governance_in_anti_terrorist_spotlight/0,2000061744,39221969,00.htm

us: Man Charged With Flooding Neighbor With Annoying
Emails
Police say a local man in a feud with his next-door
neighbor began flooding her with annoying emails.

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_75943.asp

US moves to tap Internet calls
United States law enforcement authorities want
expanded ability to tap any phone call between an
Internet phone and a traditional phone if needed for
an investigation.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1132124041945B234

ca: Child porn not a victimless crime
This is the second in a series of three stories about
the investigation of child pornography by
law-enforcement officials in Fredericton.

http://canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051112/DGEBRIEF/311120069

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POLICY
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nz: Big providers keep up peering standoff
The country's two largest internet service providers
are continuing the bizarre and expensive practice of
routing New Zealand website content via the United
States as a stand-off over internet "peering" drags
into its second year.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10355208

nz: CityLink spreads internet delight
While most of the country fumes over sluggish,
expensive internet connections, there is one pocket of
New Zealand where you don't hear any complaints.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=93&objectid=10355213

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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The real deal
The world's gone poker crazy. Every day, £40m is
gambled globally on the game; one internet site is now
worth more than British Airways, and even Oxford
University and The Archers are hooked on Texas Hold
'Em. Victoria Coren reports from Las Vegas on the
game's winning streak.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1639416,00.html

A low-cost laptop for every child
In Cambridge, Mass., Nicholas Negroponte and his team
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been
chipping away at a long-held dream: producing a laptop
so cheap that governments could afford to link every
child in the world to the Internet.
 http://csmonitor.com/2005/1116/p04s01-ussc.html

Readers up 11% at US news websites
US newspaper websites are attracting users at a faster
pace than the internet overall with visitor numbers up
11 per cent annually, according to Nielsen/NetRatings
figures.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/a057cc86-5605-11da-b04f-00000e25118c.html

The digital divide in Europe
In the EU25, 85% of students (aged 16 or more in
school or university) used the internet during the
first quarter of 2004, as did 60% of employees, 40% of
the unemployed and 13% of the retired, compared to an
EU25 average of 47% for individuals1 aged from 16 to
74. This divide by employment status is also found by
educational level2: only 25% of those with at most
lower secondary education used the internet during the
first quarter of 2004, while the proportion rose to
52% for those who had completed secondary education,
and 77% for those with a tertiary education.

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/05/143

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FILE SHARING
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Music industry escalates war on piracy
The music industry stepped up its campaign against
illegal online file sharing by announcing the launch
of more than 2,100 lawsuits against individuals in 16
countries stretching from Sweden to Argentina.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/aae07cb2-55e1-11da-b04f-00000e25118c.html

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Google: birth of a money machine
A new book by David Vise tells how the search engine
learnt to accept ads without damaging its purity

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-1869450,00.html

Amid newsroom layoffs, hard questions arise about
future of print journalism
Taking a cue from the old saying about the British
Empire, Baltimore's top daily newspaper once bragged
about its prominent international coverage with an
impressive motto: "The Sun Never Sets on the World."
 http://csmonitor.com/2005/1109/p02s02-ussc.html

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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za: 'Paedophile predator' charged
He preyed on young girls. Not even his girlfriend's
6-year-old daughter escaped his clutches. For at least
a year he raped and indecently assaulted girls, and he
filmed himself as he committed these horrific acts.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20051116062854116C606329

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