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http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ Internet in Asia blog: http://sirc.blogspot.com/ *************************************************** CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ****************************************** us: Reports Of Child Pornography Continue To Climb Reports of suspected child pornography climbed 39% in 2004, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which collects tips about the problem over the Web and by telephone. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20050112/tc_cmp/57700627 us: Expert to Hold Tech Harassment Summit Westchester County has hired an expert on "cyberbullying" to talk to students, teachers, parents and police about young people who harass their peers with mean-spirited Web sites, hounding text messages, invasive cell-phone photos and other high-tech tools. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=404662 http://www.wnbc.com/news/4073430/detail.html http://nydailynews.com/front/breaking_news/story/270207p-231410c.html http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-01-12-cyberbullies_x.htm http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CYBERBULLIES us: Westchester to host nation's 1st 'cyberbully' summit Internet spam, pop-up ads and people who type e-mail or chat-room messages in all capital letters are annoying, but youngsters who go online are increasingly becoming targets of what experts call "cyberbullies'' who use technology to threaten, tease and harass. http://thejournalnews.com/newsroom/011205/b04p12cyberbully.html us: Virginia considers requiring library computer filters Lawmakers in Virginia will consider legislation that would require all public libraries to install filters on computers that would screen out sexually explicit Web sites. http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20050110-100154-4229r.htm http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--libraryfilters0110jan10,0,1438622.story uk: PC used to access internet porn on day that Jodi died A COMPUTER belonging to Luke Mitchell�s brother was used to access explicit pornography on the day Jodi Jones was murdered. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=29342005 kr: Seoul Set to Lift Ban on Some North Korean Web Sites Government gives in to various groups who question ban's constitutionality; blockage was originally grounded in national security concerns http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=19386 Vietnam Suspends Popular News Web Site Vietnam has suspended a popular news Web site for failing to obtain a government operating license, state-controlled media reported Wednesday. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VIETNAM_INTERNET Porn industry mulls next-generation DVD The concept may seem odd, but history has proven the adult entertainment industry to be one of the key drivers of any new technology in home entertainment. Pornography customers have been some of the first to buy home video machines, DVD players and subscribe to high-speed Internet. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5518574.html http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,66221,00.html ******************* LEGAL AND SECURITY ******************* au: Man jailed over Internet banking scam A 21-year-old Sydney man has been sentenced to 18 months periodic detention for organising an Internet banking scam which recruited high school and TAFE students. http://au.news.yahoo.com/050112/21/sjvl.html za: 419 Cheats Now Pose As Tsunami Victims The South African Police Service has warned the public about a new 419 scam in the country in which conmen rip unsuspecting people off huge sums of money claiming the money would be used to support the victims of the Tsunami in Asia. http://allafrica.com/stories/200501100936.html Cyber-crime and punishment: Nefarious characters roam the wild, wild Web This is the first part of a four-part series examining criminal activity on the Internet and efforts to stop it. http://crime-research.org/news/12.01.2005/894/ Online scams emerge in tsunami's wake Scam artists are posing as tsunami victims on the internet in a bid to divert some of the millions of dollars flowing to relief efforts, security experts have warned. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3148996a28,00.html au: Telstra sued for 'over-billing' A SMALL Sydney internet service provider has accused Telstra of over-billing and anti-competitive behaviour in the first court action stemming from Telstra's stoush with the regulator over pricing for broadband services. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11916813%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html Nude worm kicks off new year AS if to remind users returning to work of the need to remain vigilant about email security, a new worm has kicked off 2005 with a risque new year's greeting. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11919895%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html au: Police called in over fraudulent Tax Office e-mail The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has referred a fraudulent e-mail claiming to be from the ATO to the Australian Federal Police and warned people to delete it immediately from their computers. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39176917,00.htm U.K. bookseller fires employee over blog An employee of U.K. book chain Waterstone's has been fired for material he included in his blog. http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-5519477.html au: Samaritans scammed online GOOD samaritans in Australia were being duped in an internet property laundering scam, Queensland police have said. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11901200%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Good-samaritans-scammed-online/2005/01/10/1105206032739.html Alert over Harry Potter web scam Fans of Harry Potter are being urged to watch out for internet scams after a website claiming to offer copies of the Half-Blood Prince was closed down. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4161263.stm ****** POLICY ****** ca: Doer wants 'more informed debate' on Internet pharmacy in Ottawa Manitoba Premier Gary Doer is calling for "a more informed debate" around the federal cabinet table in a bid to halt a widely anticipated crackdown on Internet pharmacies. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050111/ca_pr_on_na/cda_us_drugs_doer_1 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1105401680962_13 ***** SPAM ***** us: FTC Cracks Down on Porn Spamming The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it won a court order to shut down illegal advertising for six companies accused of profiting from thousands of X-rated e-mails directing people to their online pornography sites in the government's first legal case involving adult Internet spam. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A664-2005Jan11.html http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/story/46C3781816D5198D86256F87000E124A http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/bal-spam0111,0,2773177.story http://nytimes.com/2005/01/12/technology/12porn.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ADULT_SPAM us: Court Stops Spammers from Circulating Unwanted Sexually-Explicit E-mails (news release) The Federal Trade Commission has charged a network of corporations and individuals with using spam to sell access to online pornography. The FTC alleges that the defendants, acting as a single business enterprise, barraged consumers with e-mails containing sexually-explicit content without the required warning label. Four of the individual defendants controlled a network of corporations that own and operate the Web sites, payment systems, and servers used to distribute and to sell sexually-explicit content. The network also marketed its sexually-explicit content through an affiliate program that pays commissions to third parties who drive traffic to the network�s Web sites. Through this operation, the FTC alleges that the defendants violated the Adult Labeling Rule, the CAN-SPAM Act, and the FTC Act. A federal district court has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the defendants. The TRO prohibits defendants from engaging in the deceptive practices and freezes the defendants� assets, pending a preliminary hearing. http://ftc.gov/opa/2005/01/globalnetsolutions.htm au: ACA seeks fast-click spam alert AUSTRALIA'S communications regulator has called on the nation's software brains for an automated system to allow people to report spam with the click of a mouse. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11903559%5E15331%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/ACA-seeks-better-spamreporting-system/2005/01/11/1105206085536.html us/eu: Verizon's E-Mail Embargo Enrages Who's blocking all the great e-mail from Europe? Verizon is, and its customers aren't very happy about it. The company says it's only trying to block spam, but the filters aren't working very well. http://wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,66226,00.html ************ INTERNET USE ************ The Future of the Internet: In a survey, technology experts and scholars evaluate where the network is headed in the next ten years - Pew/Internet study A wide-ranging survey of technology leaders, scholars, industry officials, and analysts finds that most internet experts expect attacks on the network infrastructure in the coming decade as the internet becomes more embedded in everyday and commercial life. They believe the dawning of the blog era will bring radical change to the news and publishing industry and they think the internet will have the least impact on religious institutions. http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/145/report_display.asp hk: Hong Kong Internet junkie fights to combat addiction Anthony Chan betrays the tell-tale signs of his addiction: his skin is pallid and covered in spots, he sits nervously hunched, peering to correct his blighted vision and he has trouble communicating with friends and family. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050112/tc_afp/afplifestylehongkonginternet_050112062052 ****************** ONLINE MUSIC & P2P ****************** S. Korea Court Acquits Web Site Operators A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday acquitted the operators of a Korean-language Web site that allows users to share songs free of charge. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SKOREA_SONG_SHARING ************************ COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ************************ The Future of the Internet (Pew Internet Survey) A wide-ranging survey of technology leaders, scholars, industry officials, and interested members of the public finds that most experts expect the internet to be more deeply integrated in our physical environments � with mixed results. http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/145/report_display.asp The Internet's Future? It Depends on Whom You Ask (reg req'd) A new survey looks at what business leaders think of the future of technology. http://nytimes.com/2005/01/10/technology/10pew.html ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** uk: Navy man's death puts spotlight on child porn inquiry The apparent suicide of a naval commodore under investigation on child pornography allegations has focused attention on a huge British police investigation into internet paedophiles, in which 32 other suspects are believed to have taken their lives. http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/12/nore12.xml http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005012707,00.html uk: Family disown 'tsunami' liar A DAD who let relatives fear he was dead in the Indian Ocean tsunami when he was actually in a Salford jail for child pornography has been disowned by his family. http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/142/142496_family_disown_tsunami_liar.html hk/uk: Hong Kong-based Briton cleared of child pornography charge A Hong Kong-based Briton has been acquitted of possessing child pornography, a charge stemming from 106 lewd images found on his home computer, his lawyer said Sunday. http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050109/ap/d87gajho4.html es: 35.000 fotograf�as de menores en el pc de un detenido en Barcelona Una llamada an�nima recibida en la comisar�a de Premi� de Mar, en Barcelona, fue el punto de partida de la investigaci�n que ha concluido con la detenci�n de M.B.M., vecino de Tei� y de 46 a�os de edad, que pose�a hasta 35.000 fotograf�as de menores desnudos. http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/110551961611435.shtml by/fr/us: Belarussian men face child porn charges Two men from Belarus have been extradited to the United States to face charges in a child pornography case spanning the globe, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau said on Tuesday. http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/11/porn.bust.reut/index.html http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/104-01112005-430597.html us: Federal Judge: Sex Offender May Be Barred From Going Online A sex offender who used the Internet to lure young victims and traffic in child pornography may be barred from using a computer or any other device with online capabilities, even in the performance of his job, a federal judge has held. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1105364089680 http://biz.yahoo.com/law/050112/4146dab5f41983569f42b09bc44ac13b_1.html us: Warrant Issued For Alleged Online Predator Police issued an arrest warrant Monday for an alleged online predator. http://www.thehometownchannel.com/news/4071487/detail.html us: Police release name of man facing child pornography charge An Oakville man charged last week with possessing child pornography has been identified by Hamilton Police as Dr. Stephen Baker. http://www.haltonsearch.com/hr/ob/story/2476686p-2869764c.html us: Married Couple Arrested For Having Child Pornography A husband and wife in Volusia County have been charged with 18 counts of having child pornography. http://www.wftv.com/news/4068685/detail.html us: Evidence Hearing Begins In Olmsted Falls Child Porn Case A local man charged in a child pornography case was in court Monday as his attorneys tried to get some of the evidence against their client thrown out, reported NewsChannel5. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wews/20050111/lo_wews/2531484 us: Former Bloomsburg Student Pleads Guilty To Having Child Porn A former Bloomsburg University student arrested for possessing hundreds of computerized images of child pornography pleaded guilty Monday under a plea bargain for probation in Columbia County. http://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/4072609/detail.html us: Man guilty in child-porn case A tip from American Online resulted yesterday in a three-year prison term for a Chesterfield County man accused of possessing and distributing child pornography. http://timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031780132000 us: Bucksport man gets 2 years for child porn A Bucksport man was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. Richard Francis Ames, 55, also was sentenced to three years of probation after his release and ordered to forfeit his computer. http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=106581 us: Teacher Gets Probation in Pornography Case A suspended high school teacher accused of assaulting a teenager and of encouraging male students to view online pornography in class was sentenced to three years probation. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050112/ap_on_re_us/teacher_pornography_charges_1 us: Former Guidance Counselor Pleads Guilty In Child Pornography Case A former Homewood elementary school guidance counselor pleaded guilty Tuesday to storing sexually explicit images of children on his home computer, and was given two years of probation. http://www.nbc5.com/news/4072133/detail.html us: Lodi Fire Captain Facing New Child Porn Accusations A Lodi fire captain who was once already facing one misdemeanor count of possessing child pornography, was charged with five additional counts during a court hearing on Monday. http://www.kxtv.com/storyfull1.asp?id=8980 us: County hands off official's porn case Child pornography charges against former Cary village attorney John Roth may be handled by Lake County prosecutors because the McHenry County state's attorney's office Monday asked out of the case. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cdh/20050111/lo_cdh/countyhandsoffofficialsporncase us: Caretaker of disabled admits criminal acts A Columbia man pleaded guilty yesterday in Boone County Circuit Court to two felonies of promoting child pornography and possessing marijuana. http://www.showmenews.com/2005/Jan/20050111News007.asp us: Baby Store Employee Arrested On Child Porn Charges A Clarkston man was arrested after police say he posted pornographic images of children on the Web. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kmgh/20050111/lo_wdiv/2532743 http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4071913/detail.html us: Second Benton County Man Charged With Internet Sex Crimes Benton County officials said Tuesday that they have arrested a second alleged child-sex predator in two days. http://www.thehometownchannel.com/news/4073268/detail.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. 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