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MySpace Receives More Pressure To Limit Children's
Access to Site
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115102268445288250-4bj1FYNPJ2VLtZt_O0cs42L148M_20060722.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/20/AR2006062001768.html
MySpace tightens age restrictions
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5101942.stm
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/myspace-to-curb-access-to-youths/2006/06/21/1150845227645.html
us: Young People's Web Postings Worry Summer Camp
Directors
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/technology/22camp.html
uk: Film censor wants internet power
http://www.out-law.com/page-7030
au: Broadband hits 3m
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19562964%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Broadband_hits_three_million_connections/0,2000061791,39260890,00.htm
eu: The e-society in 2005 - More than a third of EU25
population have no basic computer skills
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/06/83&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
kr: Name a website with 22bn page impressions? Yes,
that's a month
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/23/cyworld_comes_to_germany/
Korea plans to leap into 4G
http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=79960
us: VoIP Bills Set to Increase
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/mowi/article.php/3615376
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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MySpace Receives More Pressure To Limit Children's
Access to Site
MySpace.com came under pressure yesterday to take
further steps to limit children's access to the site.
At a conference on Internet safety, the attorneys
general from two states challenged assertions by a
MySpace executive who argued that there was no way for
the Web site to verify the ages of people signing up
for membership.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115102268445288250-4bj1FYNPJ2VLtZt_O0cs42L148M_20060722.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/20/AR2006062001768.html
MySpace tightens age restrictions
MySpace.com plans to introduce restrictions on how
adults contact teenagers on the site.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5101942.stm
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/myspace-to-curb-access-to-youths/2006/06/21/1150845227645.html
us: Young People's Web Postings Worry Summer Camp
Directors
Some camps are telling counselors, parents and campers
to remove camp references from personal Web pages,
blogs or social networking sites like MySpace or
Xanga.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/technology/22camp.html
bn: Scourge of cyber bullies
Bullying by mobile phone or the Internet was unheard
of a few years back but now with the advancement of
telecommunications technology, this type of harassment
has become prevalent now, with many falling victim to
cyber attacks mostly triggered by rejection, jealousy
and envy.
http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/fri/jun23h1.htm
uk: Film censor wants internet power
The UK film censor wants to control and classify films
on the internet. The British Board of Film
Classification has said that it would like to give
web-delivered films certificates in the same manner as
it does for cinema and DVD releases.
http://www.out-law.com/page-7030
uk: Rocker Townshend removes net tale
Rock star Pete Townshend has removed an online story
which included detail of a fictional teen sex
experience after complaints from children's charities.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5106694.stm
uk: IWF to address international Forum on blocking
child abuse content online
Issues which are fundamental to the remit and role of
the IWF are to be addressed in a plenary session of
the Safer Internet Forum taking place in Luxembourg on
Wednesday 21 June 2006. The problematic of notice and
take?down of illegal content, blocking access to child
sexual abuse images and server-level filtering of
illegal content will be discussed.
http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.168.htm
uk: 14 fired as porn goes viral at DVLA
Up to 115 employees at the Driver and Vehicle
Licensing Agency have been disciplined over the
sending of pornographic emails. The Government body
has dismissed 14 of those people.
http://www.out-law.com/page-7033
us: Critics say antiporn effort could affect wrong
sites
Photographer Ron Hildebrand believes the
black-and-white nude portraits displayed in his online
gallery are "more sensual than sexual."
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6085610.html
au: Net filters shield kids from porn
Debra Ferguson does not want her three teenage boys
tempted by Internet porn. The Goonellabah mother, and
Baptist, is looking forward to getting free computer
software that will screen out sites with adult
material on her family?s computer.
http://northernstar.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3689692
au: Govt plan to protect kids on the net
Families will be offered free filter programs for
their home computer under a $117 million federal
government plan to protect children from internet
predators and pornography.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Govt-plan-to-protect-kids-on-the-net/2006/06/21/1150845224040.html
http://www.bloggernews.net/2006/06/australian-government-to-provide.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19542040%5E15343%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15317,00.html
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4710/127/
http://smarthousenews.com.au/Computing/Industry?Article=/Computing/Industry/T9W8U9C6
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/7299.html
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,19547990%255E911,00.html
http://news.com.com/Australia+to+give+away+porn-filtering+software/2100-1028_3-6086259.html
Free PC filters move to fight porn
THE Federal Government has offered free pornography
filters for home computers as it moves to shore up its
political heartland with a pitch to families.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/free-pc-filters-to-fight-porn/2006/06/21/1150845243668.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/free-software-to-trap-internet-nasties/2006/06/21/1150845247846.html
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19549186-2702,00.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39276719,00.htm
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6086259.html
NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN HOSTS
DIALOGUE ON SOCIAL NETWORKING WEB SITES (news release)
NCMEC is hosting its first-ever Dialogue on Social
Networking Web Sites to discuss the popularity and
misuse of this technology and ways to help keep
children safer online. Experts from across the country
are attending the day-long event including industry
leaders from MySpace, Facebook and Xanga; policy
makers; law enforcement officials; academia; and
children?s advocacy groups. The dialogue will feature
panel discussions ranging in topics from
?Prevention/Education? and ?What is the Industry
Doing?? to ?The Public Policy Challenges of Social
Networking.?
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2441
MYSPACE EXPANDS SAFETY AND SECURITY PRODUCT FEATURES
TO HEIGHTEN ONLINE SAFETY FOR MEMBERS (news release)
MySpace.com, the leading social networking and
lifestyle portal, announced today new safety and
security features designed to offer increased safety
to its growing community of members. These additional
safety features include heightened security for 14?15
year old members, new options for privacy settings for
all members, and restrictions on ad placements to
younger users.
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2440
Syria blocks independent news website: rights group
Syrian authorities have blocked an independent news
website run by a group that promotes free press, a
human rights group told AFP.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/23062006/323/syria-blocks-independent-news-website-rights-group.html
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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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uk: Action urged on far-right website
A far-right website which publishes leftwingers'
addresses has come under fire in the Commons in the
wake of a knife attack on a union activist.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5102836.stm
us: Prosecutors Lead Effort Against Online Predators
When the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children started its CyberTipline in 1998, it received
about 4,500 reports that year of children had been
victimized by online sexual predators. Today, it gets
about 1,500 reports a week; it received more than
71,000 last year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062100068.html
us: NY lawmaker drops suit claiming Google profits
from child porn
A suburban politician has dropped a federal lawsuit
that had claimed the search engine company Google Inc.
profits from child pornography.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/22/financial/f141101D58.DTL
http://www.newsday.com/technology/wire/sns-ap-google-porn-suit,0,1980334.story
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GOOGLE_PORN_SUIT
us: More Rumblings About Net Privacy
An online news outlet has published details about
secret rooms where government spies are said to be
gaining access to private e-mail messages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/24/business/24online.html
us: Tech giants join privacy fray
As consumer fear about the misuse or theft of personal
information rises, some of Silicon Valley's technology
heavyweights are pushing for a national law that would
protect customers from fraud and themselves from a
patchwork of inconsistent state and federal rules.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/14868688.htm
us: FBI: Data Brokers Probably Act Illegally
Despite the use of private data brokers by federal and
local law enforcement agencies, the FBI said Thursday
that practices by such companies to gather Americans'
private telephone records without warrants or
subpoenas are almost certainly illegal.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062200932.html
Social networks a hacker's paradise
Social networking sites, where millions of people
communicate with friends and family, are emerging as
the next frontier for Internet pickpockets.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/14877179.htm
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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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us: House panel OKs global rules for U.S. Net firms
A congressional bill that would impose strict new
obligations on American tech companies doing business
with "Internet-restricting countries" like China
cleared its first hurdle to becoming law on Thursday.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6087112.html
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SPAM
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au: Tough Stance on Spam a Success
Australia has dropped from 10th to 23rd on the list of
worldwide sources of spam, according to a report
tabled in parliament today.
http://www.smarthousenews.com.au/Computing/Industry?Article=/Computing/Industry/W2R4J4C3
au: Spam Act review lauds anti-spam success
Estimates that up to 80 percent of all e-mails are now
spam show the problem hasn't gone away, but
self-congratulation was still prominent as the
Department of Communications, Information Technology
and the Arts (DCITA) handed down its first report on
the Spam Act 2003.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Spam_Act_review_lauds_anti_spam_success/0,2000061744,39260887,00.htm
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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au: Broadband hits 3m
AUSTRALIA now has more than 3 million broadband
internet services, up 78 per cent on the 1.8 million
recorded in March 2005.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19562964%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Broadband_hits_three_million_connections/0,2000061791,39260890,00.htm
eu: The e-society in 2005 - More than a third of EU25
population have no basic computer skills
In the EU25, in 2005, 37% of people aged between 16
and 74 had no basic computer skills. This percentage
was slightly higher for women (39%) than for men
(34%). Among Member States for which data are
available, the survey showed notable differences
between countries. Large differences also existed
between age groups and between different education
levels.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/06/83&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Gervais claims new podcast record
Comedian Ricky Gervais claims to have beaten his own
record for the most downloaded podcast ever.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5107424.stm
170,000 internet subscribers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
There are more than 170,000 internet subscribers in
Bosnia and Herzegovina according to a study conducted
by the Communications Regulatory Agency (RAK).
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=16249
kr: Name a website with 22bn page impressions? Yes,
that's a month
Cyworld is a South Korean phenomenon - it's a social
networking site which is ridiculously popular over
here and will soon be launching in Germany.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/23/cyworld_comes_to_germany/
France unveils national rival to Google Earth
A clear view of your favorite French beach or monument
is only a click away. France unveiled a Web site
(www.geoportail.fr) on Friday that allows people to
access detailed satellite images of the country and
said it offered more detail of its territory than
Google Earth.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=12629292
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1980891,00.asp
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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Why Poor Countries Should Embrace ICT
Poor countries should learn how to embrace ICT to
create wealth and spur economic growth, Datuk Seri
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200606220536.html
au: Why every Australian family needs the internet
IMAGINE a country where the children of poor families
are denied textbooks at home. Where they can't look up
words in a dictionary or the latest facts and figures
in an encyclopedia. Where children of the rich have
access to the best libraries and the best education,
while others are excluded.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/06/23/1150845378898.html
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FILE SHARING
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France Softens iTunes Law, but Apple Is Still
Disgruntled
Lawmakers voted to water down a draft law that could
force Apple to make its iPod music player and iTunes
online store compatible with rivals' offerings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/technology/23ipod.html
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71220-0.html
http://news.com.com/France+rolls+over+on+iTunes+DRM-busting+law/2100-1027_3-6087321.html
us: Studio Sues Over Internet Film Based On Stone's
Script
Chris Moukarbel was intrigued by director Oliver
Stone's latest project, a $60 million movie to be
released this summer about two police officers rescued
from the rubble of the twin towers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/20/AR2006062001638.htmlChris
Moukarbel was intrigued by director Oliver Stone's
latest project, a $60 million movie to be released
this summer about two police officers rescued from the
rubble of the twin towers.
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Waiting for the Dough on the Web
Given how much the Internet has transformed the media
and society, it's surprising how little money
traditional media companies make from it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/business/yourmoney/25frenzy.html
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Korea plans to leap into 4G
Long after most Asian countries implement their 3G
networks, South Korea would already be implementing
4G, a technology that virtually connects all network
devices including mobile phones and can deliver up to
100 megabits of bandwidth in a wireless environment.
http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=79960
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VoIP
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us: VoIP Bills Set to Increase
Note to Internet telephone users: Your monthly bill is
about to go up. In a long anticipated move, the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled
Wednesday Voice over IP (define) services must
contribute a portion of their revenues to the
Universal Service Fund (USF).
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/mowi/article.php/3615376
http://eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1980002,00.asp
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=97719
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Guilty plea on child porn site
A PERTH man has pleaded guilty to setting up a child
pornography website, the first Australian-based child
porn site to be shut down by Federal Police.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19564062-1702,00.html
au: Paedophile avoids indefinite jail term
A South Australian Supreme Court judge has stopped
short of indefinitely jailing a convicted paedophile,
who was found with child pornography and other
disturbing material.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1669154.htm
uk: Web paedophile given nine years
A sex offender who was caught through an
anti-paedophile website has been given a nine-year
jail term for sexual grooming and pornography
offences.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/5106612.stm
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2239059,00.html
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