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http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ Internet in Asia blog: sirc.blogspot.com *************************************************** ****************************************** CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ****************************************** eu: Safer Internet - call for tenders for benchmarking of filtering s oftware and services - SIP-BENCH A call for tenders for benchmarking of filtering software and services has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union S243 of 14/12/2004. http://ted.publications.eu.int/ojs/tender/en/208904-2004.html ie: Parents urged to be more internet-vigilant Fianna F�il TD Barry Andrews has urged parents to be more vigilant about their children's internet use. http://www.eecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=54508886&p=545x9y88&n=54509266 au: NSW Police Commissioner alarmed by high number of child sex abuse cases MARK COLVIN: Child sex abuse itself is not new, but public awareness of child sex abuse is probably at an all time high. With alarming figures of reported cases, the New South Wales Police Commissioner has now described it as an epidemic. Commissioner Ken Moroney used the latest figures to call for a national summit on the problem. http://abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1264293.htm tn: Authorities Block Access to Organisations' Websites Police Use Force to Block Rights Meeting Government Brands Human Rights Group's Gathering 'Illegal' http://allafrica.com/stories/200412141336.html tn: The country where Internet users are tortured Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage today at the Tunisian court of cassation's 8 December decision to uphold the heavy prison sentences passed on eight Internet users from the southern city of Zarzis and reiterated its condemnation of the mistreatment they have received in detention. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12080 za: New Hotline to Prevent Child Pornography in SA The past seven years have seen a 1500% increase in child porn images available and almost all of this is due to the Internet. http://allafrica.com/stories/200412140144.html Porn sites lay bare S�o Tom� 'image problem' The tiny western African nation of S�o Tom� and Principe claims it has unwittingly become the continent's electronic porn publishing capital after a Swedish company and its local partner sold the country's internet identity without government approval. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5393cf8e-4d74-11d9-b3be-00000e2511c8.html Sao Tome will Einnahmen aus Eine Firma in Schweden hat Adressen mit dem Internet-Suffix .st des kleinen Afrikastaates Sao Tome verkauft � ohne Wissen der Regierung. Damit wurde .st zur wichtigsten afrikanischen Domain f�r Porno-Websites. http://www.netzeitung.de/spezial/globalvillage/317236.html cn: Cyberdissidents Yu Jie and Liu Xiaobo released Both cyberdissidents arrested by police in Beijing, Yu Jie and Liu Xiaobo, were released 12 hours after their arrest on 13 December. Reporters without Borders welcomed their release but condemned the relentless harassment to which Chinese authorities have been subjecting reformist intellectuals. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12070 us: Companies step up monitoring of internal networks Companies that have spent billions on cyberdefenses to thwart intruders are now addressing an even bigger threat: employees. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2004-12-13-security-usat_x.htm Thailand to seek int`l cooperation against internet pornography Thailand will ask for international cooperation to fight against internet pornography, local press reported on Wednesday. http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=304631 bm: Internet porn law to be drafted Government has pledged to protect children from �dishonest, fraudulent and obscene� pornography on the Internet. http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041213/NEWS/112130138 us: Librarians have to keep eye on students' Internet use When she signed up for a career as a school librarian, MaryAnne Coppersmith never imagined she'd also have to be "the Internet police." http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2004/12/15/news/01librarian.txt ******************* LEGAL AND SECURITY ******************* ca: Tunable surfaces prevent Wi-Fi leaks Last year a man in Canada was arrested for downloading child pornography onto his laptop, but he used someone else's wireless access point to access the illegal material. http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10120 au: Police given computer spy powers (reg req'd) Federal and state police now have the power to use computer spyware to gather evidence in a broad range of investigations after legal changes last week. http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Police-given-computer-spy-powers/2004/12/13/1102786981816.html us: Visa intensifies its campaign against child pornography A global leader in internet-based payment technology today claimed it has intensified its campaign against internet child pornography resulting in closure of nearly 750 websites promoting it. http://www.teamindia.net/index.php?action=fullnews&id=44190 Christmas card worm rips back door in PCs Virus writers are sending multilingual Christmas cards with a nasty surprise for the recipent - a worm that opens a back door into the user's machine http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39181170,00.htm Online extortion works Opinion Online extortion is quietly affecting thousands of businesses, for a very simple reason: it works. The big question then becomes, how will you and your company decide to respond? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/14/online_extortion_works Phishing websites grew 33% in one month The number of phishing websites associated with online identity theft scams grew by 33% in November, after dropping off in September and early October, according to data compiled by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=135794 de: Pirates exposed by German swoop GERMAN police have exposed the names of thousands of users of illegal internet piracy sites as part of a crackdown on swapping bootleg copies of movies, games, software and music. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11673603%5E27317%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html Cyber crime statistics in Russian Federation According to domestic experts, high-tech crime will become the most developed criminal sphere among the transnational organized criminality. Cyber crime will be increasing constantly because of the profitability. Moreover, the organized criminal groups emphasize the illegal access to the personal and confidential information on the activity of governmental bodies and businesses for protecting themselves from the legal prosecution. http://crime-research.org/news/14.12.2004/846/ ****** POLICY ****** uk: Web users demand more protection from ISPs Survey: Most users want their ISPs to give them better protection from malicious attacks and are even willing to pay more for it http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39179047,00.htm ***** SPAM ***** US judge strikes anti-spam law A JUDGE in the US state of Maryland has ruled that the state's anti-spam law is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate commerce outside the state's borders. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11697004%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A274-2004Dec14.html ************ INTERNET USE ************ us: Britney, iPod, Ugg boots top this year's searches Britney Spears reclaimed her title as the most searched-for person on the Web for the year, but Paris Hilton is nipping at her (high) heels, according to data released Wednesday by Internet giant America Online. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5491428.html PC ownership to 'double by 2010' The number of personal computers worldwide is expected to rise to 1.3 billion by 2010 say analysts. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4095737.stm http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=9003341 ****************** ONLINE MUSIC & P2P ****************** P2P PATROL Launches Education Program to Protect Children; DCIA Members Support Law Enforcement Efforts The Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA) is launching the third program of its initiative to help protect children online with the introduction of the P2P PATROL (Peer-to-Peer Parents And Teens React Online) consumer Web site at http://www.p2ppatrol.com. http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20041213005841&newsLang=en au: KPMG expert unwinds Altnet-Kazaa link claim Sharman Networks' parties today called on an expert witness from KPMG Forensic division to testify over Altnet's involvement in the ongoing trial against the peer to peer software provider for alleged copyright infringement. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39174229,00.htm au: Daily Dispatch (opinion) - KazaaGate Day 9 Sharman witness says Tech is best solution. Morle's mauling continues and Dispatch catches up with him at the end of his bruising bout in the witness box. http://www.apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/0ADD942B352B4471CA256F6800834DBF au: Kazaa will 'live on' regardless: Sharman witness Sharman Networks' expert witness has revealed that the Kazaa Media Desktop (KMD) and FastTrack peer-to-peer system will continue to spread even if both systems were to be shut down. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39173722,00.htm us: Trade Group Fights Child Porn On Peer-To-Peer Networks An industry trade group on Monday launched an education site to fight child pornography on peer-to-peer networks, and plans to launch in February tools that would enable the group to send suspected illegal images and video to law enforcement. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20041214/tc_cmp/55301488 http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55301575 http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7085013 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4096013.stm ************************ COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ************************ us: Mozilla plans thank you surprise as Firefox growth continues As takeup of Mozilla's open source browser continues to increase, the group is to take out another ad in The New York Times, which it says will contain something unexpected http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39181176,00.htm http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5491439.html Google -- 21st Century Dewey Decimal System The search engine wars get more interesting by the week, and once again it's Google making a big splash with news that it is partnering with some of the world's most prestigious universities to make it easier for Web users to scan the schools' vast library holdings. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63281-2004Dec14.html http://www.vnunet.com/news/1160071 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-12-14-googlebrary_x.htm http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7098817 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4094271.stm ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** au: Porn downloaded to sabotage boss A JUDGE has reduced the jail sentence of a former employee of a leading childcare provider, accepting the man's defence that he downloaded child pornography to sabotage his boss's career. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11682785%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html http://in.news.yahoo.com/041214/139/2ighn.html au: Child porn man jailed A young Darwin man who made "rules" that people accessing his file-swapping service on the internet must provide only explicit child pornography was sentenced to four years' jail. http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11696242%255E13569,00.html http://www.ntnews.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,11696242%255E13569,00.html http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1265165.htm au: Man gets 15 months for child porn The District Court in Perth has been told that a 22-year-old man from the south west town of Australind developed a habit of looking at child pornography while trying to research the topic of child abuse. http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1265194.htm http://au.news.yahoo.com/041214/21/s6c8.html ca: Teen faces porn charge Police have charged a 16-year-old boy with possession and distribution of child pornography. http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2004/12/15/783289-sun.html us: Man can sue feds for computer damage during search A Montgomery County man who was wrongly investigated for online child pornography is going to sue federal agents who raided his home more than four years ago. http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=108442&SecID=33 us: Former probation officer arrested for possession child pornography Federal agents arrested a former Prentiss County Sheriff's investigator and probation officer Monday for possession of child pornography, officials said. http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/10407502.htm us: Child Pornography Hearing A hearing is scheduled for today in U.S. District Court at Ashland for ex-postal worker John Estep who is to go on trial next month on child pornography charges. http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2684002 us: Former Bus Driver Sentenced for Child Pornography A former Durham school bus driver will spend five years in prison for possession of child pornography. http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=2678907 us: Feds charge Utahn with child porn crimes A Utah man under investigation by Canadian authorities for allegedly trying to bring images of children in sexual situations across the border has been charged in the United States with child pornography counts. http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2488192 us: Lansing teacher admits having child porn Upon being questioned by police, the Lansing teacher accused of making sexual overtures to two teenage girls admitted to having child pornography on his home computer, Blackman Township investigators say. http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041215/NEWS01/412150347/1001/news us: Oelwein business owner sentenced on child porn charges An Oelwein business owner has been sentenced to almost three years in federal prison on a charge of possession of child pornography. http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2693000 us: Police Looking for Tips on Child Pornographer Police are asking the public for any information that could help lead to the conviction of an alleged child pornographer. http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=138819 us: Police Search For Victims in Child Pornography Case Police are asking for our help to convict a man facing child pornography charges. http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=39&sid=138896 us: Judge delays sentencing in pornography case A state judge has delayed the sentencing of a 69-year-old man accused of 58 counts of child pornography after a new attorney enrolled in his case. http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2686549 us: Virginia Beach Man Charged With 57 Counts of Producing Child Porn A 25-year old Virginia Beach man is under arrest, charged with 57 counts of producing child pornography. http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2687018&nav=23iiU9Mc us: Area man arrested on child porn charges A Leesville man, in possession of child pornography, has been arrested and returned to Beauregard Parish. http://www.deridderdailynews.com/articles/2004/12/13/news/news2.txt us: Dubuque man pleads guilty to child pornography offense A Dubuque man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids to one count of receiving child pornography. http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2678570 us: Man to stand trial in rape case A De Pere man accused of repeatedly raping one daughter and molesting another will stand trial on nine felony charges that include repeated sexual assault of the same child, incest and possession of child pornography. http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_19042949.shtml us: Child-abduction suspect hit with pornography count A Fort Wayne man accused of abducting and molesting an 8-year-old girl in August faces new criminal charges alleging he possessed child pornography. http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/local/10385346.htm us: Parents concerned about former Farmington school employee Officials at Emmanuel Baptist Academy have informed parents that a man arrested on child pornography charges worked at the Farmington school. http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=15681 us: Child Pornography Hearing A hearing is scheduled for today in U.S. District Court at Ashland for ex-postal worker John Estep who is to go on trial next month on child pornography charges. http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2684002 us: Deputy faces possession of child porn charges A Virginia Beach sheriff's deputy faces charges of possession of child pornography. 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