Hi all Here is the first general internet news of 2005. As per last year, today�s domain name, governance and WSIS news will come a couple of days later, when I compile my next news, giving priority to paid subscribers.
For those who had an enjoyable christmas and new year, welcome back, and for those affected by the tsunami, I wish you all the best in dealing with this tragedy. regards David *************************************************** Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre Nanyang Technological University, Singapore http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ Internet in Asia blog: http://sirc.blogspot.com/ *************************************************** CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ****************************************** Press freedom: Prometheus unbound, a bit The media in poor countries are freer and more influential than ever before, which is why so many journalists are being killed http://economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=3490784 ie: Children warned of internet dangers More Irish children are now displaying their photographs on the internet which can lead to strangers discovering their location, it has emerged. http://www.eecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=172993100&p=y7z994x5x&n=172994087 uk: Site set on tackling web prowlers A new website aimed at helping to protect children from internet grooming by paedophiles has been launched. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4119599.stm uk: Nomination shortlist for IWF ISPA Award The shortlist for the IWF ISPA award for 'Developments in Online Safety' is posted today http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.101.htm us: Porn at the Library I was disturbed to see a man looking at pornography on a New York Public Library computer. When two children sat down near him, I decided to take action, but he instantly switched to an inoffensive video game. A security guard told me they were keeping an eye on a couple of people acting similarly and would catch them in the act eventually. Should I have alerted someone as soon as I became aware of this man's activities? Anonymous, New York http://nytimes.com/2005/01/02/magazine/02ETHICIST.html http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1104489976676 us: Are your kids Web wise? Like many of today�s 12-year-old girls, my daughter can type up a storm �chatting� with her little friends online. As a matter of fact, Kristin seems to type just as quickly as she talks � a mile a minute. http://wilsoncountynews.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=56&twindow=&mad=No&sdetail=6839 us: Phoenix to Add Staff to Help with Filter Requests Officials in Phoenix, Arizona, have followed up their decision in September to require filters on all city library computers by hiring extra staff to implement the new policy. The city council voted December 7 to spend $175,000 to add one full-time librarian and three FTE library assistants to help patrons understand the restrictions on internet use. http://ala.org/al_onlineTemplate.cfm?Section=alonline&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=83108 us: High-tech harassment is hitting teens hard Bullying is nothing new, but it takes on a new and ominous tone in cyberspace. Adults are catching on. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/10545779.htm?1c SAFT Public Report now available for download The SAFT Public report is now available for download in pdf format: http://www.saftonline.org/latestnews/1785/ au: Clive Hamilton: Obscene fantasies of power WHEN the gurus of the 1960s sexual revolution proclaimed that the state had no place in the bedroom, they could not have foreseen how sex would get out of the bedroom and permeate the culture. http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11805927%255E7583,00.html au: Editorial: Hard to close the porn shop CYBER space is a mirror of the way the world lives. Humanity's hopes and dreams, aspirations and obsessions exist on computers around the world linked to form the internet. http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11806408%255E7583,00.html au: Wanted: tougher porn access controls AUSTRALIANS believe access to pornography is easier now, despite a crackdown on internet predators who exploit and abuse children. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11808743%255E2702,00.html il: Israel to restrict porn on cell phones Israel's Communications Ministry has amended licenses for mobile phone operators to restrict access to pornographic services following complaints that too many children were exposed to erotic material. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5504510.html China "Urges" Search Engines: Punt the Porn Releasing what it's calling a "self-discipline" pact for Chinese search engine providers, a government-run industry group has a message for the engines: punt the porn. http://avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=210389 China swoops on websites CHINA has shut down 1,287 websites which spread "harmful information" on religious cults, superstition and pornography. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11775266%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/China-shuts-down-1287-sites/2004/12/24/1103825059366.html cn: 11 Falun Gong members arrested for posting torture photos on Internet The arrest this month of 11 members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement for using the Internet to disseminate photos of the torture some of them have undergone in prison was condemned today by Reporters Without Borders as yet another freedom of expression violation by the Chinese authorities. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12179 in: Cyber cafes open up to curb porn Cyber cafe owners across the city are getting wiser to customers accessing pornographic sites and even at the cost of privacy, several of the cafes are taking steps to curb such activity. However, the absence of a proper monitoring system still means the Net is used for accessing porn. http://crime-research.org/news/29.12.2004/871/ ******************* LEGAL AND SECURITY ******************* au: Police warn online buyers after eBay fraud (reg req'd) NSW police have warned internet shoppers to be careful with their cash after international fraudsters fleeced online bargain-hunters of tens of thousands of dollars. http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Police-warn-online-buyers-after-eBay-fraud/2004/12/24/1103825059299.html Cyber crime booms in 2004 The last 12 months have seen a dramatic growth in almost every security threat that plague Windows PCs. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4105007.stm Cyber Criminals Prove Elusive It was a great year for catching cyber criminals, but the culprits behind some of the most damaging software viruses of 2004 are proving adept at eluding authorities, security experts say. http://internetnews.com/security/article.php/3451681 us: 600 cyber crimes investigated annually The New Jersey State Police annually investigate about 600 cyber crimes, including online stalking and sexual exploitation, according to law enforcement authorities. http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-01012005-425388.html us: Court: Minn. Can't Regulate Internet Calls A Minnesota agency may not regulate calls through cyberspace as it does calls through traditional phone lines, a federal appeals court ruled. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=377492 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-12-30-minn-voip-ruling_x.htm us: Court Bars Regulation of Web Phone Service A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling yesterday that prohibits the state of Minnesota from regulating Internet-based phone calling as if it were a traditional telecommunications service. http://nytimes.com/2004/12/29/technology/29phone.html Phishing, Spyware, Others Plague Internet Computer worms raced around the world, leaving behind tools that spread spam. Scammers sent e-mail to trick bank account holders into revealing passwords. Rogue programs known as "spyware" hijacked Web browsers and crippled computers. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_SECURITY?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=377495 us: California sets fines for spyware The makers of programs that spy on what people do with their home PCs could face hefty fines in California. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4132143.stm de: World Cup ticket warning THE German soccer federation has won a court ruling that it hopes is the first step to stopping internet fraud playing havoc with tickets for the 2006 World Cup. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11775245%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html ****** POLICY ****** Iran's gov't accused of ISP monopoly A senior Internet industry official accused the government of trying to monopolize ISP and ICP services, stressing that lack of competition would mean the end of local expertise in information technology (IT) sector. http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=28309 Saudi to punish 'immoral' use of 3G phones Saudi Arabia will punish anyone using third generation (3G) mobile phones for purposes deemed immoral in the conservative Muslim kingdom, the state telecommunications regulator says. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=9005326 http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7216663 Experts Say India's Cyber Law is Outdated Cyber law expert Pavan Duggal feels India's Information Technology Act of 2000 is completely outdated and not fit to deal with cyber crimes. He said that the law was promulgated four years ago primarily to bolster the e-commerce business and not intended to deal with cyber crime issues. http://crime-research.org/news/23.12.2004/861/ ***** SPAM ***** us: Vioxx Unseats Porn in List of Top 2004 Junk Email Porn ads slipped down the list of top junk e-mails in 2004, replaced by offers for arthritis drug Vioxx, ID theft scams and stock pick information, America Online said. http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7201537 http://news.com.com/Porn+loses+its+savor+in+spam/2100-1032_3-5506713.html us: Can-Spam didn't, survey says Nearly a year after its passage, the federal Can-Spam law has done little to curb spam, according to a year-end report due Monday. http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-5506976.html nl: Dutch Watchdog Levies First Fines Against Spammers The Dutch telecom and postal watchdog OPTA has levied fines as high as 42,500 euros ($57,540) against several individuals and small companies for sending out spam messages. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=7190935 ************ INTERNET USE ************ uk: Hoaxer sends death email to tsunami relatives A hoaxer pretending to be a British government official has emailed relatives and friends of people missing since the Asian tsunami disaster, saying their loved ones have been confirmed dead, police say. http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7217583 uk: Surfeit of surfing Internet and email use on Christmas Day and Boxing Day hit record levels in the UK this year, according to a report from the London Internet Exchange. The equivalent of 3m emails a second were sent at peak times on December 25. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1380352,00.html Staid Aussies skip sexy sites The internet giant Google - the web's own popularity contest - released its annual global comparison of top search terms for the web and interactive year in review, and Australia has proven far more business-minded than the US. http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Staid-Aussies-skip-sexy-sites/2004/12/23/1103391898171.html Home Web Use by Country, November 2004 The active at-home Internet audience increased approximately 1.5 percent for 11 selected countries in the three months from August to November this year http://clickz.com/stats/sectors/geographics/article.php/3452481 us: Internet use cutting into TV viewing and socializing The average Internet user in the United States spends three hours a day online, with much of that time devoted to work and more than half of it to communications, according to a survey conducted by a group of political scientists. http://news.com.com/Internet+use+cutting+into+TV+viewing+and+socializing/2100-1026_3-5507547.html Mobiles rack up 20 years of use Mobile phones in the UK celebrate their 20th anniversary - with almost 90% of Britons now owning one. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4138449.stm us: Hell hath no fury as a dad scorned For three young boys in Texas, this Christmas Day was a little less exuberant than usual. When they failed to meet their irate father's injunction to improve their behaviour, he logged on to eBay and put their presents up for auction. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1380044,00.html XXX, on a small screen near you A slideshow of Playboy photos glides by, to the distinct wah-wah guitar of a 1970s porno soundtrack--all in the palm of your hand. http://news.com.com/XXX%2C%20on%20a%20small%20screen%20near%20you/2100-1039_3-5502413.html The Shadow Internet They start with a single stolen file and pump out bootleg games and movies by the millions. Inside the pirate networks that are terrorizing the entertainment business. http://wired.com/wired/archive/13.01/topsite.html The BitTorrent Effect Movie studios hate it. File-swappers love it. Bram Cohen's blazing-fast P2P software has turned the Internet into a universal TiVo. For free video-on-demand, just click here. http://wired.com/wired/archive/13.01/bittorrent.html BitTorrent hub ready to rumble with Hollywood A brave BitTorrent server operator has decided to pick a fight with the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and is asking for donations to help it mount a legal defense against the movie studios. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/31/lokitorrent_fights_mpaa/ ****************** ONLINE MUSIC & P2P ****************** Austrian and German courts protect identity file-sharers The music industry has suffered a severe setback by two verdicts by courts in Munich and Vienna. Both courts ruled that internet service providers did not have to hand-over data about customers. In the Munich case, the Higher Regional Court squashed an earlier verdict that obliged providers to hand-over data about users suspected of operating illegal FTP servers. In July the music label BMG was granted the right to demand information from an access provider, but the execution was suspended during the appeal procedure. BMG even demanded information from the provider on the number of tracks and albums of individual bands or artists downloaded from the server named in the complaint. The Munich appelate court said they had serious doubts "whether the defendant threatened with the injunction is an actual participant in the - alleged - infringement of copyright" and specifically added "it is obvious that the contested ruling cannot conceivably continue to stand." http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number2.25/p2p Eli Noam: Heroes of the internet frontier The US Supreme Court agreed last week to hear the music industry's case to shut down file-sharing websites such as KaZaA, Grokster and eDonkey. These operations enable users to download millions of songs from each other for free instead of buying at least some of them in a music store. In aggregate, the traffic generated by music and video file-sharing can account for more than half of all internet traffic. Music companies, their revenues in decline, have been trying to suppress these "peer-to-peer" (P2P) practices in the courts, legislatures and by spreading deliberately defective copies of songs. They view P2P users as thieves who must be prosecuted. But traditional media companies should perhaps see P2P as to their long-term advantage because it helps create new markets and forms of distribution. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/fa063d7e-4f96-11d9-86b3-00000e2511c8.html *************** RESEARCH PAPERS *************** au: Before the High Court On Technology Locks and the Proper Scope of Digital Copyright Laws � Sony in the High Court by KIMBERLEE WEATHERALL Abstract: The High Court has granted special leave to appeal from the Full Federal Court�s decision in Kabushiki Kaisha Sony Computer Entertainment v Stevens, a case which raises important issues concerning the application of copyright law to a digital environment, and the interpretation of those provisions in the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act which introduced �paracopyright� � laws which make it illegal to circumvent technologies used by copyright owners to control digital copies of their material. In this piece, Kimberlee Weatherall examines the case and its policy implications, and considers the various possible interpretations of the anti-circumvention provisions. She argues that, in light of the tortured legislative history of Digital Agenda amendments and current reviews, the unprecedented and expansive nature of these laws, and some of the comments about statutory interpretation in The Panel case, the High Court should take a cautious approach to interpreting these new laws. http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/~slr/v26/n4/SydLR26_4%20text.pdf Regulation of Electronic Employee Monitoring: Identifying Fundamental Principles of Employee Privacy through a Comparative Study of Data Privacy Legislation in the European Union, United States and Canada by Gail Lasprogata, Nancy J. King, and Sukanya Pillay (Stanford Technology Law Review) This article compares the regulation of electronic employee monitoring in the European Union, the United States and Canada in an attempt to reconcile conflicting legal standards regarding workplace privacy as they are evolving simultaneously with technological advances. Included is an extensive discussion of the European Union�s widely influential privacy directive and its application in the context of electronic employee monitoring, relevant U.S. legislation such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), HIPAA and the ADA, and Canada�s newly enacted Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Also included is a detailed comparative analysis of the regulatory approaches to employee privacy taken in these jurisdictions. Drawn from this analysis are fundamental privacy principles which inform employers of the parameters of employee privacy protection where electronic monitoring is a desired management practice. The authors argue that these principles create an equitable paradigm that rightfully protects employee dignity while recognizing legitimate management needs. http://stlr.stanford.edu/STLR/Articles/04_STLR_4/index.htm Intrafamilial Externalities and Mate Selection; Evidence from an Internet Dating Service by Peter J. Alexander and Keith S. Brown (US Federal Communications Commission) Abstract: Mate-seekers avoid mates who may impose significant externalities on themselves and/or future children. Using data from an internet dating service, we find that male daters who report wanting children are 61% to 97% less likely to accept a smoking partner. Female daters who report wanting children are 15% to 79% less likely to accept a smoking partner. Female daters who have children living with them are 30%-99% less likely to accept a smoking partner. Male daters who want children avoid smoking partners apparently to avoid personal externalities, while female daters avoid smoking partners apparently out of concern for current and future children. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=629261 Timofeeva, Yulia A., "Worldwide Prescriptive Jurisdiction in Internet Content Controversies: Comparative Analysis" Connecticut Journal of International Law (sub req'd) Abstract: In the age of the Internet many traditional legal principles acquired new meaning, or at least the necessity to be redefined. It is particularly true in respect of the ability of states to prescribe the laws for online activities and to enforce them on Internet users. International law does not object to the extension of state jurisdiction beyond the state boarders and even provides an arsenal of generally accepted principles. However, automatic application of these principles leads to worldwide liability of any Internet author for simple creation of a webpage, without any other connection with a possible forum. Whereas certain Internet activities are similar to those in the physical world, such as e-ommerce, where the partners can at least identify each other and get the warning of legal order, others are substantially different, and among them online expression. As the Internet is now, there are not too many possibilities to control the spread of online content apart from not speaking on the Internet at all, and they are connected with significant burden for all participants. It is necessary to carefully review the validity of the established principles of extraterritorial jurisdiction and to ensure that their application in Internet content controversies is both effective and without undue constrains on expression preferences of others. http://ssrn.com/abstract=637961 The Clear and Present Internet: Terrorism, Cyberspace, and the First Amendment by Peter Margulies Many terrorist groups share a common goal with mainstream organizations and institutions: the search for greater efficiency through the Internet. This pursuit of on-line efficiency has spawned a First Amendment dilemma. The Internet�s ability to link geographically dispersed individuals to changing data without the filtering provided by traditional media is a substantial asset for domestic and transnational networks, from violent white supremacist groups to Al Qaeda. However, much of the Web�s terrorism-related content, including the abstract advocacy of violence, has manifest value as an exercise of free speech. Modern First Amendment jurisprudence protects extreme speech as a form of engagement in the polity, and responds to fears that unleashing the government on speakers will permit the targeting of groups outside the perceived mainstream. Nevertheless, some Internet communications intended for the mobilization and implementation of violence should forfeit protection. The difficulty lies in drawing lines that reach Internet communication the state can legitimately prohibit without chilling protected speech. http://www.lawtechjournal.com/articles/2004/04_041207_margulies.php The Rule of Law, Jurisdiction and the Internet by Uta Kohl (International Journal of Law and Information Technology) (sub req'd) http://ijlit.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/12/3/365 ************************ COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ************************ uk: BT, Lycos, EU and Vorderman vie for villainy crown The shortlist for the Internet Heroes and Villains of 2005 is out - and there is the odd surprise. BT, the European Union, Lycos, Carol Vorderman and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) stood accused on Thursday of hampering Britain's Internet sector. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39182112,00.htm Microsoft Unbundled Could the software giant's bundling strategy be coming apart? WHEN it comes to snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, Microsoft is a past master. The world's largest software firm tends to lose its legal battles, only to manipulate the subsequent regulatory environment so that courtroom defeats end up having little effect on its behaviour. But this disquieting pattern may now be coming to an end. http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3523035 ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** au/th: Australian gets suspended sentence for distributing porn A Thai court has handed former Australian diplomat Robert Scoble a suspended jail sentence after he was found guilty of distributing pornography. http://smh.com.au/news/World/Australian-gets-suspended-sentence-for-distributing-porn/2004/12/24/1103825085733.html http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1271977.htm us: Soldier convicted in child porn case A U.S. soldier in Kosovo was convicted of possession of child pornography during a general court-martial on Dec. 14, Army officials reported last week. http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26338 us: Busted On Video: Man Sought Sex With Girl A 58-year-old man thought he was going to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex. Instead, when he rolled into the parking lot of a nearby elementary school, police met him with guns drawn and a video camera rolling. http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/4035083/detail.html http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kcra/20041230/lo_wlwt/2516329 us: N. Charleston man arrested in international child porn sting A North Charleston man has pleaded guilty after child pornography was found on his computer during an international investigation. http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2747224&nav=0RaPUfuB us: Child Pornography arrest A Daphne man is facing child pornography charges. Fifty eight year old William Cooper is charged with possession of child pornography. The retired man was arrested at his home in the Lake Forest area of Daphne on Tuesday. http://wpmi.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=446CCD20-E2F8-44F3-BC6F-B99C068041CF us: Chelmsford man released on child-pornography charges A 24-year-old Chelmsford man will be released on $250,000 bond and confined to his father's Cambridge home after his arraignment yesterday on federal child-pornography charges. http://www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0,1413,105~4746~2624422,00.html http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=60829 us: Cullman County man indicted in child porn case A Cullman County man has been indicted on child pornography charges. http://www.whnt19.com/Global/story.asp?S=2751255 us: Rapid City man pleads innocent to child porn charges A Rapid City man already accused of rape pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 11 child pornography counts. http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/10537649.htm us: Former Newfields principal's child porn trial delayed The child pornography trial of a former Newfields Elementary School principal has been postponed for a fifth time despite a judge's order forbidding further postponements. http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=49018 us: Orthodontist sentenced for child porn Marc R. Joondeph, the former orthodontist convicted on multiple charges of dealing in child pornography, offered his apologies in court Thursday before being sentenced to two months in jail and ordered to complete three years of therapy for sexual deviancy. http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/182150 us: School Bus Driver Arrested For Child Pornography A child pornography suspect was in court Tuesday. U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement and Saint Bernard Police assisted in the arrest on December 21 of Robert Elms, who's charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/12/28/child_porn.html http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wisc/20041230/lo_wlwt/2514210 us: STOREFRONT 'CLERIC' ARRESTED ON CHILD PORN CHARGES (news release) Gregory G. Lockhart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Brian Moskowitz, Special Agent-In-Charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Detroit, in conjunction with St. Bernard Police Chief Steven Moeller and Gerald O�Farrell, Assistant Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, announced the arrest here today of Robert Elms. http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/cleric122804.htm us: JURY FINDS DICKINSON CHILD PREDATOR GUILTY OF SEXUALLY EXPLOITING CHILDREN (news release) As a result of an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a jury found 31-year-old Todd C. Zastoupil of Dickinson guilty Dec. 16 of the sexual exploitation of minors and of possession of child pornography. http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/jury122904.htm us: Supervisor won't face charges in child pornography allegations Garfield Township's supervisor will face no criminal charges for allegedly having child pornography on his personal computers at home. http://www.record-eagle.com/2004/dec/28wilsn.htm us: Child pornography charge nets a 27-month sentence A Slidell man arrested last year for possession of child pornography was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison Thursday, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Letten said. http://www.slidellsentry.com/articles/2004/12/28/news/news04.txt us: Not guilty pleas entered to child porn charges A Rapid City man already accused of rape pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 11 child pornography counts. http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/10530834.htm us: Men arrested in child-sex sting Two men have been charged in an Internet-based underage-sex sting, with state agents posing online as teenagers. http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/local/10510695.htm us: Former D.C. weatherman pleads guilty to sex charge Former WUSA-TV meteorologist Bill Kamal pleaded guilty on Dec. 10 to one count of using the Internet to entice a minor to engage in sex, the U.S. Attorney�s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced last week. http://www.washblade.com/2004/12-24/news/national/former.cfm us: Man faces child porn charges Police this week are asking for anyone who may have encountered a local man arrested on charges of child pornography to contact them. http://www2.townonline.com/medford/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=151023 us: Church provides forms of support The former pastor of a Point Loma church charged with possession of child pornography has been living in a rehabilitation center at church expense since shortly after his parish office was raided, a defense lawyer said yesterday. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041223-9999-7m23holtey.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. 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