general internet news - 10 March

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

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New safety net for web surfers

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/new-safety-net-for-web-surfers/2006/03/06/1141493583941.html

uk: Child porn site reports 'up 80%'
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4784962.stm

cn: The Wild Web of China: Sex and Drugs, Not Reform
(reg req'd; free for a few days)

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/business/worldbusiness/08chinanet.html

http://news.com.com/Chinas+wild+Web+Sex+and+drugs%2C+not+reform/2100-1028_3-6047296.html

uk: Britain turns off - and logs on

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1726018,00.html

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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New safety net for web surfers
A fresh approach to "safe surfing" has been dreamt up
by a group of MIT engineers involved in a crusade to
make the internet a safer place for their friends and
families.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/new-safety-net-for-web-surfers/2006/03/06/1141493583941.html

uk: Child porn site reports 'up 80%'
The number of internet child pornography sites
reported to police soared by almost 80% last year,
according to a new report.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4784962.stm

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/PA_NEWA22563751141746240A00
 http://www.out-law.com/page-6710

US and Russia urged to 'stem tide of child
pornography'
A leading children's charity has called on the
Governments of the US and Russia to do more to combat
online child pornography.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/08/iwf_report/

UK leads the world in fight against online child abuse
images (news release)
New figures from the Internet Watch Foundation 2005
Annual Report launched today reveal that just 0.4 per
cent of child abuse images on the internet are hosted
in the UK, down from 18 per cent in 1997.
 http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.158.htm

NSPCC response to Internet Watch Foundation 2005
Annual report release
Diana Sutton, NPSCC Head of Policy and Public Affairs,
said: ?The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is clearly
getting the message across that it is everyone?s
responsibility to report illegal material and tackle
internet crime ? and demonstrates what law enforcement
agencies, NGOs, voluntary agencies, industry and the
public can achieve by working together.
 http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.160.htm

NCH the children?s charity response to the Internet
Watch Foundation
John Carr, NCH?s New Technology Adviser says: ?The
success of the alliance between the IWF, industry and
police is evidenced by the lack of child pornography
found on UK-based servers. But NCH believes there is
still far too much child pornography and everyone has
a role to play in combating it. Every time a website
with an indecent image of a child is accessed, or an
illegal image is sent, a child is being abused.
 http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.159.htm

UK government issues good practice guidelines
The UK Home Office Taskforce for Child Protection on
the Internet has published guidelines to advise on
internet safety issues including online searching and
moderation. The advice is aimed at a wide audience,
from casual internet users to internet safety
awareness raisers.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0306/uk.htm

Premium-rate call complaints falling
There were 66% fewer public complaints about
premium-rate services in 2005 than in the previous
year, but more than double the number of
investigations, premium-rate services regulator ICSTIS
announced on Friday.
 http://www.out-law.com/page-6704

Czech kids to design their own safety superhero
The Czech internet safety node, CzeSI, is organising a
follow-up to last year?s ?Friendship and Magic?
storytelling contest. The challenge is to create an
?internet guardian? character with special powers to
combat online dangers.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0306/cz.htm

Greek node brings 'invisible world' to TV
E.KAT.O. organised a TV show entitled Atheatos Kosmos
(Invisible World), together with national channel
ALTER. The show, hosted by Kosta Xardavella,
highlights children?s use of the internet, the
associated dangers, and how to prevent them.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0306/gr.htm

March edition of the Insafe Newsletter
The March edition is now available

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/newsletter.htm

Internet Filtering in Yemen: 2004-2005
The OpenNet Initiative has released "Internet
Filtering in Yemen 2004-2005," a country study that
documents the degree and extent to which the Republic
of Yemen controls the information environment in which
its citizens live, including Web sites, blogs, e-mail,
and online discussion forums.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=952

cu: Cuban on hunger strike for Internet access
A Cuban dissident who has been on a hunger strike for
36 days to demand unfettered Internet access is
refusing medication and his health is deteriorating
rapidly, fellow dissidents said on Wednesday.

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=11470158

pk: Twelve websites, including blogger.com, blocked
for posting cartoons
Reporters Without Borders is concerned about the
decision of the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority
(PTA), to block access to twelve websites which posted
the cartoons of the prophet Mohammed.The PTA on 28
February ordered Internet Service Providers to block
the website blogger.com, taking down thousands of
weblogs hosted by this tool.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16678

China's wild, wild Web
By some estimates, there are more than 30,000 people
patrolling the Web in China, helping form one of the
world's most sophisticated Internet filtering systems.

http://iht.com/articles/2006/03/08/business/chinanet.php

cn: China shuts two popular blogs in latest crackdown
Two of China's most adventurous Web logs closed on
Wednesday under government orders, the latest in a
wave of shutdowns as Chinese censors tighten controls
in cyberspace, especially while the national
parliament meets.
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6047268.html

cn: The Wild Web of China: Sex and Drugs, Not Reform
(reg req'd; free for a few days)
Unchecked freedoms that exist on the Web despite the
government's filtering efforts may be ushering in an
age of social change.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/business/worldbusiness/08chinanet.html

http://news.com.com/Chinas+wild+Web+Sex+and+drugs%2C+not+reform/2100-1028_3-6047296.html

China blogs reappear a day after closure
Two of China's most adventurous Web logs reappeared on
Thursday, a day after apparently being shut down by
government censors.

http://news.com.com/China+blogs+reappear+a+day+after+closure/2100-1028_3-6047766.html

http://news.com.com/China+shuts+two+popular+blogs+in+latest+crackdown/2100-1028_3-6047268.html

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=11471987

Yang speaks on Yahoo's China policy
Yahoo executives feel "horrible" about political
arrests of Internet users in China but believe it's
better to operate in that market and cooperate with
authorities than not be there at all, Yahoo co-founder
Jerry Yang said

http://news.com.com/Yang+speaks+on+Yahoos+China+policy/2100-1038_3-6047606.html

ca: Cyber terror set to worsen
Technology will likely make crimes like identity theft
and "cyberstalking" worse, a veteran judge said
yesterday in delaying the sentencing of a man who
harassed his ex-girlfriend.

http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2006/03/08/1477829-sun.html

us: Savvy Students Outsmart Web Filtering - Wy'east
pupil accessed porn sites at school
Monday afternoon, just like any other day, 11-year-old
Jason Lee of Vancouver telephoned his mother, Molly
Lee, at her office when he arrived home from school.
He's good about checking in, she said.

http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/03032006news9697.cfm

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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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kr: 'Cyberviolence' Plagues South Korea
Kim Hyo-bi doesn't want her picture taken any more.
Not after the 22-year-old student's portrait wound up
on a photo-sharing Web site last summer with her face
colored and distorted to make her look silly, titled
alongside the original as "Before and After."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SKOREA_CYBERVIOLENCE

us: Cyber criminals stepping up targeted attacks:
report
Cyber criminals are stepping up smaller, more targeted
attacks as they seek to avoid detection and reap
bigger profits by stealing personal and financial
information, according to a report issued on Monday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030700060.html

http://news.com.com/Cybercriminals+stepping+up+targeted+attacks/2100-7349_3-6046606.html

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=11447250

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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uk: Britain turns off - and logs on
We may be known as a nation of couch potatoes, but it
seems that Britons are grasping the 21st century with
both hands: we now spend more time watching the web
than watching television, according to internet giant
Google.

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1726018,00.html

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/internet-overtakes-tv-in-britain-survey/2006/03/09/1141701617347.html

Wi-fi promises internet shake-up
Widespread access to wi-fi could be the force behind
the net's next wave of innovation, say experts.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4779124.stm

Study finds mobile phone users want more
Emailing, downloading music and watching television
are among the new services consumers want on their
mobile phones, according to an industry study released
Wednesday on the eve of the giant CeBIT high-tech
fair.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/study-finds-mobile-phone-users-want-more/2006/03/09/1141701615160.html

kr: S.Korea aims to cool Internet rage attacks
Dog poop girl is infamous in South Korea. The young
woman was riding on the subway with her small dog. The
dog defecated and she did not clean up after her pet.
Someone caught the incident in pictures shot with a
mobile phone. The photos were posted on the Internet
with a brief description of what took place and
shortly thereafter "dog poop girl" became the
most-searched phrase among South Korean Internet
users.

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=11475840

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FILE SHARING
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P2P, scourge of the internet?
An investigation into the use, culture and evolution
of peer-to-peer networks supports some of the
associated concerns about pornography and copyright
infringement, but also highlights the legitimate
benefits of this kind of data sharing.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0306/no.htm

Danish internet providers pull the plug on illegal
file sharing
Last month the Danish Supreme Court ruled that owners
of copyright should have the right to demand that
Danish phone companies shut down a customer?s internet
connection if it is being used to illegally distribute
their intellectual property.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0306/dk1.htm

P2P leaflet goes global
A Childnet International leaflet on file sharing and
music will soon be distributed in countries across the
world. Available in several languages, it will help
take the information campaign to parents as far afield
as New Zealand and Argentina.
 
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0306/childnet.htm

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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nz: InternetNZ and Victoria Welcome Cyber Law Fellow
(news release)
New Zealands first Senior Research Fellow in Cyber Law
has been appointed with Dr Judit Bayer taking up the
position this week at Victoria University of
Wellingtons School of Law.

http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2006-03-05-vuw-cyber-law-fellow-announcement

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au: Child porn site shut down
A Sydney man has been issued with a court summons over
child porn material posted on a website.

http://smh.com.au/news/national/child-porn-site-shut-down/2006/03/08/1141701555592.html

us: Man used iPod to store child porn
A MAN has been arrested after the Peelers found child
porn stored on his video iPod.
 http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30074

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