general internet news - 19 June

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

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cn: Yahoo 'Strictest' Censor in China
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,71166-0.html

us: Web labeling mandate surfaces in Senate
http://news.com.com/Web+labeling+mandate+surfaces+in+Senate/2100-1028_3-6083983.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6083983.html

Net poses dangers for soccer fans
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5080082.stm

us: Mandatory Labeling Bill Threatens Free Speech on
the Internet
http://www.cdt.org/speech/20060615safetyact.pdf

How We Use the Web Today
http://businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060608_845575.htm

Gates? exit was no split decision
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c9af190a-fd6b-11da-9b2d-0000779e2340.html

Consumers to flock to VoIP
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/16/voip_research/

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RESEARCH PAPERS
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Search Engine Bias and the Demise of Search Engine
Utopianism By Eric Goldman
Due to search engines? automated operations, people
often assume that search engines display search
results neutrally and without bias. However, this
perception is mistaken. Like any other media company,
search engines affirmatively control their users?
experiences, which has the consequence of skewing
search results (a phenomenon called ?search engine
bias?). Some commentators believe that search engine
bias is a defect requiring legislative correction.
Instead, this Essay argues that search engine bias is
the beneficial consequence of search engines
optimizing content for their users. The Essay further
argues that the most problematic aspect of search
engine bias, the ?winner-take-all? effect caused by
top placement in search results, will be mooted by
emerging personalized search technology.
http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/yjolt/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40

Law & Internet Cultures (book review)
Kathy Bowrey understands that the Internet is complex
and she does not make the typical error of attempting
to oversimplify the Internet or its impact. Already
from the title she shows that the Internet is not one
culture, and continues by demonstrating what many
forget ? that the Internet is not one technology but a
complex socio-technical system. Too many books on
Internet regulation focus on the visible aspects of
Internet regulation, such as domain names, without
really getting involved in the messy reality of
technology regulation. Too many books are written from
the American viewpoint, taking the US legal system and
cultures as default; fortunately this is changing.
Like most Internet lawyers, Bowrey displays
understanding of both her own legal system and the US
system. This multi-culturalism creates an excellent
basis for comparison and analysis.
http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/2006/issue2/klang2.html

us: Online Banking 2006 (Pew Internet & American Life
Project research)
Online banking is holding steady as a mainstream
internet activity, growing along with internet use
generally, though not accelerating as have some other
forms of online activities.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/185/report_display.asp

Internet Privacy Research: Framework, Review and
Opportunities by J. EFRIM BORITZ and WON GYUN NO
Abstract: Increased Internet traffic and the
sophistication of companies in tracking that traffic
have made privacy as a critical issue in electronic
commerce (e-commerce), and in turn spawned a number of
research works in the literature. Despite this, what
is lacking is an effort to understand the
relationships among the various studies. The purpose
of this paper is to consider the fields of information
systems, business and marketing, and provide a
framework for the research works that have dealt with
three main stakeholders, namely customer, company and
government, as well as the interaction arising among
them. We review the literature and identify
opportunities for future research.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=908647

The Assessment: Economics of the Internet - Oxford
Review of Economic Policy
Abstract: Seen from the perspective of economics, the
Internet has been widely regarded as a major force
likely to raise productivity. However, at least so
far, the identifiable effects on productivity appear
small and largely confined to the USA. Similar
scepticism is expressed about the view that the
Internet would be naturally highly competitive. On the
contrary, economies of scale and scope plus
advertising-intensive reputations create the threat of
concentration. As a result, a pro-competitive stance
for policy is required-and in taking such a stance
policy must look over the full range of the value
chain. Such a pro-competitive stance is, however, not
sufficient. Because of other market failures and
because of the need to protect democratic rights, a
wider view of policy is essential. The fundamental
policy issues facing the Internet are, therefore,
whether it can remain open, competitive, and
pluralistic in a context increasingly dominated by
large corporations.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=906193

The Economics of the Internet: Infrastructure and
Regulation by MARTIN E. CAVE and ROBIN A. MASON -
Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to inform
users, regulators, and economists about the basic
economics of the Internet, focusing on regulation of
its infrastructure. It defines the Internet and
describes its development and organization. It
analyses the regulatory and competition issues
associated with conveyance on the Internet. It then
discusses three current puzzles of economic interest.
While the article reaches several conclusions, the
overall message is that much more work is needed in
this area.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=906195

Accessing the Internet Through the Neighbor's Wireless
Internet Connection: Physical Trespass in Virtual
Reality by NED SNOW - Nebraska Law Review
Abstract: As wireless computer networks are becoming
commonplace, so also is the practice of accessing the
Internet through another's wireless network. The
practice raises a simple question of law: Does
accessing a wireless network, without express
authorization, violate the property rights of the
network operator? This Article argues that it does. A
neighbor who intentionally accesses the Internet
through a network operator's connection appears to
trespass on physical property of the operator?the
operator's router. Recent Internet jurisprudence
suggests that the electronic signals that the neighbor
sends through the router are sufficient to find
trespassory physical contact. The same jurisprudence
suggests that the possibility that the neighbor could
slow down the operator's Internet connection satisfies
the tort's requirement of harm. Furthermore, the
defense of consent does not appear to apply. Although
the neighbor can raise an argument that the network
operator consents to the neighbor's access when the
operator fails to password protect the network, this
argument is flawed. Failure to protect property does
not imply consent to use property. The absence of
password protection does not demonstrate consent,
especially given that there is no economic reason that
a network operator would want a neighbor to free ride
on the operator's Internet connection. Finally, from a
policy standpoint, the neighbor's conduct should be
proscribed because of its negative externalities to
Internet service providers. The free-riding neighbor
strips Internet service providers of a return on their
investment in Internet technology. To prevent this
outcome, the conduct should be tortious. Trespass to
chattel should lie.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=907842

The Diffusion of the Internet and the Geography of the
Digital Divide in the United States by SHANE M.
GREENSTEIN and JEFFREY PRINCE
Abstract: This paper analyses the rapid diffusion of
the Internet across the United States over the past
decade for both households and firms. We put the
Internet's diffusion into the context of economic
diffusion theory where we consider costs and benefits
on the demand and supply side. We also discuss several
pictures of the Internet's physical presence using
some of the current main techniques for Internet
measurement. We highlight different economic
perspectives and explanations for the digital divide,
that is, unequal availability and use of the Internet.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=900088

The Role of ISPs in the Investigation of Cybercrime by
IAN R. KERR and DAPHNE GILBERT
Abstract: This chapter examines the new role internet
service providers (ISPs) will play in the fight
against cybercrime. Examining the legislative model
that is being considered in various jurisdictions
around the world, the authors argue that adopting this
approach will lower the threshold of privacy
protection. Moreover, it will drastically alter the
relationship between ISPs and the individuals who have
come to depend on them to properly manage their
personal information and private communications. The
authors begin with a brief investigation of the role
of ISPs as information intermediaries. The authors
then examine a recent case which held that an ISP
acted as an agent of the state when it voluntarily
assisted the police in an investigation by disclosing
a customer?s personal information and private
communications. The changing nature of the
relationship between ISPs and the state as manifested
in the ?agent of the state? concept, are further
explored through an articulation of various kinds of
investigatory information that can be collected by
ISPs on behalf of the police. This is followed by a
discussion of the call for a lower threshold for
obtaining such information in the European Convention
on Cybercrime. The authors conclude by arguing that
the shifting architecture of our communications
infrastructure must incorporate various safeguards
that will not only further the goals of national
security and law enforcement, but will also preserve
and promote personal privacy.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=907483

The Evolving Accidental Information Super-Highway by L
A. DAVID - Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Abstract: The technology of the Internet is not
static. Although its `end-to-end` architecture has
made this `connection-less` communications system
readily `extensible`, and highly encouraging to
innovation both in hardware and software applications,
there are strong pressures for engineering changes.
Some of these are wanted to support novel transport
services (e.g. voice telephony, real-time video);
others would address drawbacks that appeared with the
opening of the Internet to public and commercial
traffic-e.g. the difficulties of blocking delivery of
offensive content, suppressing malicious actions (e.g.
`denial of service` attacks), pricing bandwidth usage
to reduce congestion. The expected gains from making
improvements in the core of the network should be
weighed against the loss of the social and economic
benefits that derive from the end-to-end architectural
design. Even where technological `fixes` can be placed
at the networks` edges, the option remains to search
for alternative, institutional mechanisms of governing
conduct in cyberspace.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=906194

Economic Organization, Innovation Systems, and the
Internet by STEVEN CASPER and HENRIK GLIMSTEDT -
Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Abstract: How can public policy best promote
successful innovation in the Internet sector? This
paper creates a typology of different types of
Internet software firms. Institutions associated with
the `Silicon Valley Model` are a strong driver of
success for some key Internet technologies. However,
patterns of human-resource development and knowledge
management vary widely across Internet technologies,
necessitating the development of very different
commitments between managers and employees.
Institutional frameworks associated with `organized`
economies, such as Germany or Japan, might provide
superior tool-kits to help some types of Internet
firms to innovate. Furthermore, our analysis suggests
that the creation of institutional incentives is not
the only way to promote patterns of technologically
intense innovation associated with Silicon Valley.
Technological strategies of dominant firms are often
equally important. Regardless of institutional
environment, the development of entrepreneurial
software firms can be strongly influenced by the
activities of large firms working within core network
telecommunication technologies.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=906200

Digital Opportunities and the Missing Link for
Developing Countries by ROBIN MANSELL - Oxford Review
of Economic Policy
Abstract: The spread of digital information and
communication technologies is enabling firms to
implement electronic commerce. Many expect that the
implementation of new means of trading
internationally, especially using the Internet to
support electronic commerce, will facilitate the entry
of firms in developing countries into international
markets. This paper assesses this claim. The analysis
shows that the capacity to gain from the availability
of the new technologies involves more than a reduction
of the technological divide between (and within)
countries. The institutional foundations for building
capabilities that enable firms to absorb the new
technological systems must also be in place. It is
imperative that measures to develop electronic
commerce and to devise broader technological
leap-frogging strategies are embedded within the
framework of appropriate institutions and development
goals. Failure to do so is likely to produce enclaves
of development that will persist.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=906201

Internet Stings Directed at Pedophiles: A Study in
Philosophy and Law by JOSEPH S. FULDA - Sexuality &
Culture, 2007
Abstract: This paper considers a jurisprudential issue
that has heretofore not received much attention: Do
Internet Stings Directed at Pedophiles Create
Offenders or Capture Offenders?, to paraphrase my 2002
article in Sexuality and Culture which opened this
subject. Section II presents the jurisprudential
argument, while Section I gives a framework for
classifying work in jurisprudence as (1) an
application of ethics and allied fields to legal
matters - the traditional definition, (2) a
philosophical examination of a legal question, the
argument does not depend on ethical premises but
rather given data only appeals to (already) shared
ethical premises, and (3) a kind of examination that
takes existing legal frameworks as a given and then
makes an ethical argument within those frameworks,
with the aim of achieving logical coherence of the
whole.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=794447

Surveillant Internet Technologies and the Growth in
Information Capitalism: Spams and Public Trust in the
Information Society by DAVID S. WALL - THE NEW
POLITICS OF SURVEILLANCE AND VISIBILITY
Abstract: This chapter will explore how the
?surveillant? qualities of Internet technologies have
facilitated the growth in information capital(ism). It
will also illustrate how the medium is shaping the
message, because just as this new economy has merged
with, and spans across, formal (legitimate) economies
to create entirely new and beneficial business
opportunities, then the same processes that have given
rise to it have also generated the opportunities for
new forms of harmful and intrusive behaviour.
Behaviours which are endangering the establishment of
public trust in the technology of the information
society. The first part of this chapter will briefly
overview the emergence of the information age and the
rise of information society. The second part will then
look at the ?surveillant? technologies of the Internet
which make possible the accumulation and exploitation
of valuable personal information. The third part will
explore the construction of the industry in spams, or
unsolicited bulk emails (UBEs) as they are often
called, to illustrate the economy of the trade in
information capital. The fourth part will assess the
new opportunities for offending which arise from the
appropriation of information capital and which are
characteristically different to ?traditional? forms of
criminal or harmful activity. The conclusion will
consider the earlier discussion within the context of
trust.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=907350

Governing the Egalitarian Core of the Internet by
Christoph Engel
Abstract: Few would claim that regulators, or
academics working on regulatory policy, have neglected
the Internet. However, most of their work is attracted
by the global character of the Internet. Admittedly,
this is a serious challenge to regulation, but it is
not the only, and probably not even the most
disquieting one. In the regulatory discourse, short
shrift is given to the fact that the Internet
originated in the egalitarian culture of American
university computer labs. Its architecture was shaped
during that period. Up to the present day, many key
functions for Internet management are held by people
coming from that culture. This paper argues that the
egalitarian challenge to Internet governance has been
largely overlooked. The challenge is serious, but not
unmanageable. Nevertheless, regulators must use
appropriate concepts to understand the challenge. A
subfield of sociology, cultural theory, is
particularly instrumental for that purpose. In order
to address the challenge, regulators must use a set of
governance tools that deviates considerably from
standard regulatory responses.
http://www.ijclp.org/10_2005/ijclp_webdoc_06_10_2005.htm

THE GENERATIVE INTERNET by Jonathan L. Zittrain
The generative capacity for unrelated and unaccredited
audiences to build and distribute code and content
through the Internet to its tens of millions of
attached personal computers has ignited growth and
innovation in information technology and has
facilitated new creative endeavors. It has also given
rise to regulatory and entrepreneurial backlashes. A
further backlash among consumers is developing in
response to security threats that exploit the openness
of the Internet and of PCs to third-party
contribution. A shift in consumer priorities from
generativity to stability will compel undesirable
responses from regulators and markets and, if
unaddressed, could prove decisive in closing today?s
open computing environments. This Article explains why
PC openness is as important as network openness, as
well as why today?s open network might give rise to
unduly closed endpoints. It argues that the Internet
is better conceptualized as a generative grid that
includes both PCs and networks rather than as an open
network indifferent to the configuration of its
endpoints. Applying this framework, the Article
explores ways ? some of them bound to be unpopular
among advocates of an open Internet represented by
uncompromising end-to-end neutrality ? in which the
Internet can be made to satisfy genuine and pressing
security concerns while retaining the most important
generative aspects of today?s networked technology.
http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/119/may06/zittrain.shtml

K-12 encounters the Internet by Paul DiPerna
Introduction: In January 2002, The Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (The No Child Left Behind Act
of 2001, or NCLB; suddenly instituted new demands on
parents, schools, educators, districts, and state
policymakers in the United States. This law places an
especially high premium on detailed information
relating to standards, accountability, regulatory
compliance, testing, and achievement. The new
education law, broadly conceived as a federal
accountability system emphasizing academic
performance, adds a strict requirement for better
understanding the academic inputs and outputs of
students, teachers, schools, school districts, and
states. There are highly noticeable effects such as
rewards and punishments of schools and districts by
means of publicity or funding allocation. But there
are also more subtle effects such as shifting
budgeting and finance scenarios for states and
districts, the movement of students or teachers, the
quality of data collection, management, and reporting
systems, and installation of district technology
infrastructure. Because of the new political,
economic, and social dynamics in the K?12 universe
(K?12), there is increased need for more accessible
information and efficient communications.
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_5/diperna/index.html

Zones of silence: A framework beyond the digital
divide by Amelia Bryne Potter
Abstract: There is no doubt that much digital divide
work ? including connectivity initiatives, technology
transfer programs, and other projects ? is done with
good intention. Yet, as has been widely recognized,
the conceptual framework of the digital divide is
limiting. The language of the digital divide not only
places people into simplistic ?have?/?have not?
categories, making assumptions about the solution to
?information poverty? with little attention to local
contexts, its logic also continues a paradigm of
development that engages with the global south only at
the point of what it ?lacks?. I propose a framework,
which provides a wider, and more nuanced, lens to look
through. It focuses work in ways and in areas
consistently overlooked by the digital divide,
particularly on the realities, voices, and
complexities within its unconnected, ?have not? spaces
? the zones of silence. Encouraging critical
questioning of assumptions and an understanding of
local contexts and points of view, a zones of silence
framework is a way to broaden the dialogue on global
communication and information access beyond a
discourse of need, to one of mutual questioning,
sharing, and learning. I begin with a brief critique
of the digital divide, followed by a definition of
this zones of silence framework and how it can help us
to see and consider issues differently. I then suggest
three areas where work from this perspective might
begin.
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_5/potter/index.html

us: Rethinking Advertising Aimed at Children By
William A. Ramsey
In 1990, Congress passed the Children?s Television Act
(?CTA?), which directed the FCC to establish standards
for broadcasters regarding the amount of children?s
programming aired and to enforce limits on the amount
of commercial time aired during children?s
programming. The limits are meant to protect children
from various harms caused by advertising aimed at
children. This Note examines the constitutionality and
the effectiveness of these commercial limits. The Note
concludes that while the CTA?s commercial limits are
probably constitutional under the Court?s test for
regulations of commercial speech, the limits do not
provide children with adequate protection from the
harms of advertising. The Note suggests several
changes that should be made in the regulation of
advertising aimed at children. Most importantly, the
Note argues that the focus of the regulation should
shift from limiting the amount of commercial material
viewed by children to reducing the misleading nature
of advertising aimed at children. The Note argues that
the suggested content-based regulation would be
constitutional under the Court?s test for regulation
of commercial speech and would more effectively
protect children from the harms of advertising than
the current regulation.
http://www.law.indiana.edu/fclj/pubs/v58/no2/Ramsey.pdf

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au: Online stranger danger campaign
A national media campaign warning Australian parents
about the hidden dangers of internet chat rooms is
about to kick off. The community service announcement
will run across television, radio and print from
Monday to highlight the potential dangers posed by
sexual predators on internet chat rooms and social
networking sites such as MySpace.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/online-stranger-danger-campaign-to-be-launched/2006/06/16/1149964713903.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/online-stranger-danger-campaign/2006/06/16/1149964713903.html
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,19473234%255E20221,00.html
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,19439680%255E911,00.html

au: South Australian schools to play Cybersmart
Detectives (news release)
Over two hundred South Australian school children will
tomorrow participate in the Australian Communications
and Media Authority?s online safety activity
Cybersmart Detectives.
http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.131402:STANDARD::pc=PC_100626

nz: School cracks down on cyber-bullies
Linda Fox is spearheading efforts to stamp out
cyber-bullying. The Kelston Girls College principal is
urging parents to monitor their sons and daughters.
"Just keep a bit of a check on what is happening when
they use the internet or the mobile phone because
sometimes they can get themselves into situations that
they don't really know how to extricate themselves
from," she says.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3700578a11275,00.html

us: Web labeling mandate surfaces in Senate
Operators of commercial Web sites with sexually
explicit content would have to post warning labels on
each offending page or face imprisonment under a new
proposal in the U.S. Senate.
http://news.com.com/Web+labeling+mandate+surfaces+in+Senate/2100-1028_3-6083983.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6083983.html

us: Disney Launches Parent-Controlled Mobile Phone
Service
Disney launched a mobile phone service that lets
parents keep a tight rein on their kids' phone use.
http://www.techweb.com/headlines_week/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=189401174

us: A Phone Safe Enough for the Kids?
Disney and the cell-phone industry see a hot new
market, but critics are worried 
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_25/b3989080.htm

cn: Yahoo 'Strictest' Censor in China
Yahoo is stricter than any other search engine in
China when enforcing censorship, said a
journalism-advocacy group Thursday.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,71166-0.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19487649%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18015
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/16/yahoo_china_censor/

za: Chatroom Allows Teenagers to Talk to Faceless
Users
Teenagers are chatting up a storm unsupervised with an
internet chatroom program for cellphones that has
rapidly swept through the country and gained 900 000
users in just over a year since its launch in May last
year.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200606150557.html

us: Too many kids can still buy violent video games:
FTC
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday told
lawmakers it supports the video game industry's
self-regulation of violent content but said too many
U.S. children are still able to buy Mature-rated games
in stores.
http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-06-14T200916Z_01_N14250641_RTRUKOC_0_US-CONGRESS-VIDEOGAMES.xml

us: FTC Testifies on Marketing of Violent and Explicit
Video Games
The Federal Trade Commission today told a
congressional subcommittee that, although the video
game industry has made progress in complying with and
improving its self-regulatory policies on the
marketing of violent video games, more needs to be
done. Lydia Parnes, Director of the Federal Trade
Commission?s Bureau of Consumer Protection, told the
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on
Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection that despite
progress in limiting ads for M-rated games in popular
teen media and nearly always providing rating
information in advertising, ?there remain a number of
concerns relating to video games and how they are
marketed.?
http://ftc.gov/opa/2006/06/videogames.htm

us: CA AND THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED
CHILDREN LAUNCH A NEW TECHNOLOGY FUND (news release)
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
and CA launched NCMEC?s Technology Fund, designed to
provide NCMEC with the technology to support their
mission of finding missing children and preventing
child sexual exploitation.
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2437

STUDENTS CONVENE FOR TEEN SUMMIT ON INTERNET SAFETY IN
WASHINGTON, DC (news release)
In observance of National Internet Safety Month, high
school students and their parents and guardians from
Cox Communications communities will travel to
Washington, D.C., for a Teen Summit addressing the
ways that teens use the Internet. Through the Summit
and meetings between participants and their elected
representatives, the program will explore issues
including teens? use of popular social networking
sites, as well as ways to help improve communication
between parents and guardians and their children to
encourage safer use of the Internet.
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2427

Internet filters and Swedish parents
Internet is full of content that may be inappropriate
for children and young people. One solution is
software filters. In Sweden, their use is not very
widespread and there are even strong voices against
them.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0606/sv.htm

Czech survey on internet safety awareness
The Czech awareness node is preparing a survey in
cooperation with the Polish awareness node (Nobody?s
Children Foundation).
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0606/cz.htm

nl: Youngsters often victims of cyberbullying
A Dutch survey among primary and secondary students
and parents shows that cyberbullying through the
internet and mobile phones is a frequent phenomenon.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0606/oun.htm

au: NetAlert National Libraries Project
NetAlert continues with the National Libraries Project
sponsoring Library and Information Week 2006 in
Australia.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0606/au.htm

The OECD Anti-Spam Toolkit
The OECD Anti-Spam Toolkit provides a set of anti-spam
policy measures and addresses technical solutions and
filtering.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0606/oecd.htm

Nebenwirkungen bei US-Gesetz gegen Kinderpornografie
im Internet befürchtet
Mit dem Entwurf für ein Gesetz namens Stop Adults'
Facilitation the Exploitation of Youth Act (Internet
SAFETY Act) wollen der republikanische US-Senator Jon
Kyl aus Arizona und weitere republikanische Senatoren
die Verbreitung von Kinderpornografie eindämmen und
den Anbietern mit verschäften Strafandrohungen das
Handwerk legen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/74297

eu: Content filtering: beyond pornography
MedIEQ is a European project addressing quality
aspects of medical web sites by providing a bridge
between automatic and manual classification of medical
information resources.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0606/el.htm%20

at: Saferinternet.at focuses on parents
New brochures and handouts about safe use of internet
and mobile phones are available. The material
addresses the role of parents and caretakers.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0606/at.htm

Teens discover online sexuality
A study among 11,000 teens using personal blogging
sites shows that searching for sex or a relationship
on the internet has become a new and frequent activity
among youths.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0606/nl.htm

Danish Minister of Culture offers internet filters to
libraries
Last month Brian Mikkelsen, the Danish Minister of
Culture offered all Danish libraries internet filters
in order to prevent children from being faced with
porn sites on library computers.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0606/dk.htm

eu: Interest grows in safer internet awareness and
hotline networks
In mid-May, the European Commission organised two
Information Days, one at the request of a new EU
member state and the other a candidate country.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0606/insafe.htm

eu: afer Internet Forum 2006
The topics will be "Children?s use of new media? and
?Illegal content: Blocking access to child sexual
abuse images?. A plenary session of the Safer Internet
Forum, open to all interested, will take place in
Luxembourg on Wednesday 21 June 2006.
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/events/20060621ec

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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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UK Child Porn Law 'Waste of Time' According to Dark
Reading
Website says voluntary program only prevents
accidental viewing, and does not block email, instant
messages, or a variety of other Web traffic
http://security.itbusinessnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=46076
http://www.itnews.it/risorse/EuroNews,Zj0xMzk1MDYx

Net poses dangers for soccer fans
Many websites associated with teams playing in the
tournament are infested with spyware and adware found
security firm McAfee.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5080082.stm

us: Porn Webmasters Bush-Whacked?
Obscenity prosecutions are taking a toll on the porn
industry as publishers embrace an
every-man-for-himself approach under relentless Bush
administration attacks. The annual Cybernet Expo on
Sunday here was overshadowed by a big question:
Whether to stand united with producers of "extreme"
material bearing the brunt of the assault in order to
preempt attacks on milder content, or get some
distance and hope to avoid being targeted?
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/sex/0,71134-0.html

uk: Count the readers before suing for internet libel
If you sue in England over a story on a website, be
prepared to say how many people in England visited the
page. That was the message from the High Court in a
libel case over articles that falsely suggested a
businessman had links with Osama Bin Laden.
http://www.out-law.com/page-7002

us: Politicos mull action against patent system
abusers
U.S. politicians appeared sympahetic on Thursday to
tech companies' cries for help combating what are
commonly called "patent trolls"--companies that
supposedly hold patents for no reason other than
coaxing inflated settlements out of wealthy
corporations.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6084278.html

au: Govt security 'insufficient'
COMPUTER systems controlling Australia's imports and
exports, nuclear safety and the federal police are to
internet attacks, a damning Auditor-General's report
has found.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19467803%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

Fewer e-mails bear malware
The proportion of e-mail messages that contain malware
has fallen for the first six months this year compared
to the same period last year, Sophos PLC said
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/14/79276_HNviruscountdrops_1.html

us: Money lost to cybercrime down--again
While many headlines spell doom and gloom when it
comes to computer-related misdeeds, the average losses
at businesses due to cybercrime continue to drop,
according to a new survey.
http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6083860.html

us: Appeals Court Corrects Dangerous Web Privacy
Ruling
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has corrected a
dangerous lower court ruling that threatened Internet
privacy. In doing so, it preserved the privacy of
password-protected websites as well as the right to
read public sites. The decision followed the arguments
made in an amicus brief filed by the Electronic
Frontier Foundation (EFF).
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_06.php#004720

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us: Telcos on Defensive in Net Neutrality Fight
The major telecommunications companies spend billions
of dollars each year on advertising, and millions more
on political lobbying. So imagine their shock when a
low-budget campaign led by a motley coalition of
bloggers and techies helped throw into doubt their
cherished plans for making more money on the Internet.
http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,1977188,00.asp

us: Mandatory Labeling Bill Threatens Free Speech on
the Internet
New legislation allowing for the imprisonment of Web
site operators who fail to label adult-oriented
material -- including sexual health information --
would undermine First Amendment free speech
protections and do nothing to protect children on the
Internet. The Internet SAFETY Act (S. 3499) would
require Web site operators who post adult-oriented
material to place markers on every Web page containing
such content. Violators would face prison terms up to
15 years. CDT believes the measure would have a
profoundly damaging chilling effect, deterring
bloggers, artists and even health advocates from
posting legitimate information that could expose them
to jail time.
http://www.cdt.org/speech/20060615safetyact.pdf

uk: Radical moves to tackle obesity crisis
Controls on junk food advertising could be extended to
websites, text messaging, computer games, cinemas and
posters under radical plans being drawn up by the
government, the Guardian has learned.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1798990,00.html

eu: Europe defends online broadcasting plans
The European Commission has defended its proposal to
revise online broadcasting legislation called
Television Without Frontiers, saying Internet
businesses would benefit from the changes.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6084200.html

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us: Nielsen to gauge TV viewing on Web, mobile devices
In a move with far-reaching implications for
commercial television, Nielsen Media Research said
Wednesday it plans to integrate TV with Internet
ratings and to measure viewership for such portable
devices as cell phones and iPods.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061500230.html

The irresistible rise of cybersex
>From full-on encounters to online dating with a twist,
simulated sex is on the up in mainstream gaming
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19025566.400
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19478350%5e16681%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Active Home Web Use by Country, May 2006
After a dip in the number of active home Internet
users in April, the Internet population rebounded in
the 10 countries tracked by Nielsen//NetRatings.
http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/geographics/article.php/3613876

us: Web news readers spend more money online: study
Frequent readers of newspaper Web sites are more
likely to make online purchases than other Internet
users, according to a study released on Friday by the
Newspaper Association of America.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=12557230

How We Use the Web Today
A new study presents one of the clearest pictures of
how people get their fill of Web-based media,
especially at work
http://businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060608_845575.htm

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FILE SHARING
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Swedish IT companies demand damages after file-sharing
crackdown
Ten Swedish IT companies whose servers were
confiscated in a police crackdown on a prominent
file-sharing Web site are now asking the government
for damages for loss of business, a Stockholm-based
rights watchdog group said, according to comments
published Thursday.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14826812.htm

us: The Pornographers vs. the Pirates
Smut giants are teaching mainstream Hollywood new
tricks about how to battle digital rip-offs
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_25/b3989088.htm

Now It's Europe vs. Apple
The Continent's regulators are scrutinizing the
success of Apple's digital media platform, claiming
that iTunes should be compatible with all MP3 players
http://businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060612_414966.htm

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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China leaves Google searching for moral high ground
Richard Wachman: Am I alone in thinking that Google
lost its iconic status when it launched a
self-censored version of its ubiquitous search engine
in China earlier this year? I suspect not.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1794623,00.html

The Gates Foundation
Every silver lining has a cloud, and the wealth behind
the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is, to put it
mildly, controversial.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1799787,00.html

Gates? exit was no split decision
Bill Gates was considering his eventual departure from
Microsoft for two years before he made the decision
public, he said in an interview with the Financial
Times - a revelation that puts a new gloss on a
critical period in the company?s history.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c9af190a-fd6b-11da-9b2d-0000779e2340.html

Bill Gates' Long Goodbye
When the Microsoft chairman decided it was time for a
change, he planned and scheduled it with an eye to
calming investors' anxiety
http://businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060616_885486.htm

The Dirt Road to the Information Superhighway
Technology firms recognize that the developing world
represents the market with the most potential for
expansion
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=7571

Netscape reborn, again
NETSCAPE, which started life as a web browser and then
evolved into a media destination site, is again being
reinvented, merging news reporting and blogs with the
latest internet trends.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19487490%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

au: Web before print for Guardian
SEVERAL Australian newspapers are gearing up to follow
the lead of British counterparts in putting exclusive
breaking news online before it appears in print and
devoting more newsroom resources to the internet.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19472832%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Internet search engines
Google dominates the lucrative market for web-search,
but its rivals are setting out to change that
http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=7064434

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VoIP
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Consumers to flock to VoIP
The traditional home phone number could become a thing
of the past as more and more people opt for
fixed-mobile services and VoIP.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/16/voip_research/

uk: Tiscali unveils VoIP service
Tiscali, which recently clocked up one million
broadband lines in the UK, has unveiled details of a
new VoIP service.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/16/tiscali_voip/

Cerf: Wire Tapping VoIP Will Kill Innovation
Building standardized wiretap backdoors into Internet
telephone systems is a bad idea that will lead to
increased cyber security concerns. At least that's the
opinion of the Information Technology Association of
America (ITAA).
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3613486

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au: Man charged on child porn
A QUEENSLAND man is facing dozens of child pornography
charges after allegedly using the Internet to groom
children under the age of 16.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,19488009%255E1702,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19488058-2,00.html

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