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http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ Internet in Asia blog: http://sirc.blogspot.com/ *************************************************** CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ****************************************** au: Pornography Restrictions Backed In Australia Many Australians want to establish new guidelines for sexually explicit material, according to a Newspoll published in The Australian. 70 per cent of respondents believe there should be more controls to stop people from being exposed to unwanted pornography. http://www.cpod.ca/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=5591 cn: OpenNet Initiative: Bulletin 008 - Filtering by Domestic Blog Providers in China Weblogs, most often called "blogs" have become one of the fastest growing segments of the Internet. The idea is simple: blogs allow everyone to have an online journal, to share their experiences while requiring a minimum of technical knowledge. Everyone can become a pundit, critic or proponent of any issue. There are an estimated 300,000 bloggers in China, and thousands of new blogs are created daily. In addition to bloggers who use the service as an online diary, there are those who use blogs as a form of "participatory journalism" discussing news, politics and government policy. The Chinese government actively regulates and restricts the Internet, including blogs, by employing a combination of legal and technological mechanisms to maintain information control. http://opennetinitiative.net/bulletins/008/ Blogs defending free expression to be honoured Reporters Without Borders invites Internet users to submit outstanding examples of blogs* defending free expression from which a shortlist will be compiled for an online vote to choose the best. We want to draw attention to the importance of weblogs in countries where the traditional press is under the control of the authorities. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12326 us: Internet Child Pornography on the rise in Pennington County Child pornography is big business worldwide, generating more than three billion dollars each year. http://www.kotatv.com/localnews/story.asp?ID=20400 us: X-Rated E-mail, Web Porn Not the Same Thing Many in the Internet industry have claimed that the federal CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing) Act of 2003 has had little impact on the onslaught of ads for impotence drugs, make-money-fast schemes, and less savory content and services. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20050117/tc_nf/29767 us: Internet child porn abuse, arrests surge Once unnoticed by society, pedophiles who traffic in child pornography have come out into the open on the Internet over the past decade, and law enforcement agents have pounced. http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-01172005-433864.html us: attling child exploitation gains emphasis The Department of Justice began paying closer attention to child pornography cases when John Ashcroft became attorney general in 2001. http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050117/NEWS01/501170334/1001/NEWS us: i-SAFE Announces National Student Video Contest on Cyber Bullying i-SAFE America, a non-profit Internet safety foundation, announces the launch of a national video contest on "Cyber Bullying" during "National Mentoring Month," recently proclaimed by President George W. Bush. http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/050118/079132.html us: Katie.com lawyer to host cyber-bullying conference Cyber-lawyer and "national expert on cyber-bullying" Parry Aftab is to host a conference on cyber-bullying in Westchester, New York. Particularly attentive Register readers may remember Aftab for her involvement in the saga of Katie.com, the web's weirdest domain name dispute. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/19/cyber_bully/ us: House panel backs school Internet safety plan A House panel approved a bill Tuesday that encourages school districts to implement Internet safety plans, a bill one lawmaker described as accomplishing nothing. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/legislature/article/0,1299,DRMN_37_3481217,00.html us: Net Liberties Group to DOJ: Show Us The Surveillance Data One of the nation's top advocates for civil liberties in cyberspace has one message for the U.S. Justice Department: Show Americans whether and just how far the government has been using the so-called Patriot Act to spy on your Internet reading habits without their knowing about it. http://avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=213295 ******************* LEGAL AND SECURITY ******************* au: eBay AU calls for online scalpers to make tsunami donation Under fire over its lack of action against scalpers using its Web marketplace to resell tickets to a sold-out tsunami aid concert, eBay Australia has called for all monies raised above the tickets' face value to date to be donated to the relief effort. - 18/01/2005 http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39177727,00.htm de: German court rules email blocking 'illegal' Selectively filtering out emails of a specific sender may constitute an offence, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Karlsruhe ruled on Monday. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/18/german_email_blocking/ Tsunami fraudsters cash in by manipulating Google Fraudsters hoping to steal money intended for a Chinese charity have manipulated Google�s page rankings to ensure that their fake site appears higher than the charity�s official Web site. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39177717,00.htm us: Child exploitation is but a keystroke away By all accounts, Randall A. Brown never laid a hand on a child. His two-year federal penitentiary term is for looking at pictures. In an unbelievably revealing Des Moines Register interview this week, Brown divulged the character flaw, mental illness, sin and ultimately, criminal acts that knocked him out of a six-figure coaching job at Iowa State University and left him permanently linked to online child pornography. http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1043847&l=1&t=Opinion&c=22,1043847,top us: Internet fuels child porn trafficking - and child porn arrests Once unnoticed by society, pedophiles who traffic in child pornography have come out into the open on the Internet over the past decade, and law enforcement agents have pounced. http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/local/10656789.htm us: EFF seeks information on web surveillance (reg req'd) The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a request with the US Department of Justice under the Freedom of Information Act, seeking the release of documents that would show whether the US government has been using the PATRIOT Act to spy on people's internet reading habits without a search warrant. http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/EFF-seeks-information-on-web-surveillance/2005/01/17/1105810807013.html uk: Remoteness of cyber crimes makes it different When William Sutton, the infamous bandit, was asked why he robbed banks, his answer was simple. �Because that is where the money is�. Stripped from the technological jargon, the world of cyber crime isn�t all that different. Like the physical world, it consists of people, transactions, commerce, money and yes - crime. http://crime-research.org/news/18.01.2005/905/ uk: Man in Court on International Computer Crime Charges A man appeared in court on international computer crime charges today following a major investigation by UK police and the United States Secret Service. http://crime-research.org/news/18.01.2005/906/ us: Cyberterrorism could devastate U.S. economy Don't say we didn't warn you: At some point in the next decade, there will be a "devastating attack" on the Internet or power grid. http://crime-research.org/news/17.01.2005/903/ ****** POLICY ****** us: FBI cuts Carnivore Internet probe The FBI has effectively abandoned its custom-built Internet surveillance technology, once known as Carnivore, designed to read e-mails and other online communications among suspected criminals, terrorists and spies, according to bureau oversight reports submitted to Congress. http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/01/18/fbi.carnivore.ap/index.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19648-2005Jan18.html http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/surveillance/2005-01-19-carnivore-obsolete_x.htm http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/15/fbi_retires_carnivore/ au: Austrac beefs up for e-crime fight INTERNET payment systems such as PayPal and e-gold face extra regulation as part of a legislative package designed to stop terrorists and criminals laundering cash through offshore bank accounts. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11969712%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html au: ISPs urged to protect the gullible INTERNET service providers could be forced to protect gullible Australians, with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission proposing a filtering system to block access to fraudulent websites. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11975443%5E15331%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html Where's the Money? - Internet Interconnection and Financial Settlements by Geoff Huston It is often the case that it takes a significant amount of effort to produce seemingly simple outcomes. While we now take the net for granted and see nothing terribly spectacular behind the click of a mouse to bring up a web page, the mechanics behind this action are no less extraordinary than they ever were, no matter how much we now see this as the Internet simply doing what it was designed to do. http://potaroo.net/ispcol/2005-01-isp.htm za: ISPA Pushes for VANS Clarity The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has called on the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) to provide urgent clarity on the types of services that are considered to be value-added network services (VANS). http://allafrica.com/stories/200501180974.html au: Internet interconnection regulation not necessary: ACCC The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today declared that Internet interconnection arrangements should not be regulated at this time. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39177907,00.htm us: More than 2,200 bills queued up for session Couples in love, deadbeat parents and cyberstalkers all could be affected by lawmakers' actions, based on bills slated to beat today's filing deadline. http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050117/NEWS010504/501170339/1002/NEWS01 ***** SPAM ***** us: Verizon's Spam Policy Criticized Some of Verizon's 3 million high-speed Internet customers say by cracking down on e-mail spam, the company is bungling the job and hurting their livelihoods. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19567-2005Jan18.html ************ INTERNET USE ************ us: Some call 'addiction' wrong term Is Randy Brown addicted to Internet pornography? Is there even such a thing as a porn addiction? http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050119/NEWS01/501190347/1002 sg: More Singaporeans turn to the Net for love Internet dating is on the rise in Singapore, with three times as many men turning to the Web in search of love. http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1105956545160B252 ****************** ONLINE MUSIC & P2P ****************** au: Daily Dispatch (Opinion) - Kazaagate Day 14 A confidentiality catastrophe atrophied proceedings today but gave rise to a niche challenge, plus the Orders from the music industry are exclusively revealed. http://www.apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/D783BE3101A939CFCA256F8E00001A4B ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** au: Cop faces full force of law over child porn A Perth judge has been urged to impose the maximum jail sentence on a former police officer who collected hundreds of thousands of images of child pornography over seven years. http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1284174.htm http://au.news.yahoo.com/050118/21/smt9.html au: Police implicated in cyber porn (reg req'd) Computer equipment was seized from three serving Queensland police officers today as part of ongoing investigations into internet child pornography, police said. http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Police-implicated-in-cyber-porn/2005/01/18/1105810900436.html au: Sentence over child porn A FORMER Melbourne youth worker will be placed on the sex offenders register for eight years after he was sentenced today for possession and production of child pornography. http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11964388%255E1702,00.html au: Prominent Territorian charged over child porn A prominent Territorian has been charged with possessing child pornography. http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11974995%255E13569,00.html ca: Ottawa police make child porn arrests Eight men face charges in what police in Ottawa are calling the largest child pornography seizure in the city's history. http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2005/01/17/porn050117 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1106005814996_10 http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11975562%255E1702,00.html http://www.canada.com/news/story.html?id=44491599-9a81-45b2-a73a-c3ee85b3922b uk: Priest convicted over child porn A Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to 19 child pornography charges has been given a rehabilitation order. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4181867.stm us: Guilty plea in case that led to porn filters on Phoenix libraries A sexual predator out on parole is facing another 28 years behind bars. Thirty-three-year-old Charlton Ward was arrested last summer after parole officers found child pornography in his Phoenix motel room. http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2824249 us: On a warm, sunny morning last May Almost five weeks after his guilty plea and his sentencing, Randy Brown hugged Mary Jo, his wife of 20 years, and daughters Claire and Jane. http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050119/NEWS01/501190348 us: Some call 'addiction' wrong term Is Randy Brown addicted to Internet pornography? Is there even such a thing as a porn addiction? http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050119/NEWS01/501190347 us: Imprisoned by the Internet: Part 2 The day Randy Brown will never forget: Practice was a blur for Randy Brown on Jan. 24, 2003, the day the clock ran out on his coaching career. http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050117/NEWS01/501170332/1001 us: Imprisoned by the Internet: Part 3 The world of Internet porn that captivated Randy Brown and ultimately put him in prison is a virtual fantasy land. http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050118/NEWS01/501180410 us: Florida man charged in Collinsville child pornography case A 54-year-old Florida man has been arrested on a Collinsville warrant and now awaits extradition to Madison County on child pornography charges. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/neighborhoods/stories.nsf/news/story/2738426A6AAAD33686256F8A0056957D?OpenDocument&Headline=Florida+man+charged+in+Collinsville+child+pornography+case us: Man Wanted On Child Pornography Charges Captured South Carolina-A man wanted on child pornography charges in West Tennessee and one of the TBI's Most Wanted list is caught! http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=2817338 us: Child porn on computer leads to pandering charge A Wadsworth Township man accused of child molestation was ar-rested Tuesday after a search of his home uncovered child pornography on his computer. http://www.medina-gazette.com/Articles.asp?num=58310902 us: Woman sentenced on child porn charge A Muncie woman who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography has been sentenced to a year in prison. http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/1/033056-9061-002.html us: Former principal charged with possessing child porn A former high school principal was charged with possessing child pornography. Vincent Curren, 51, of Indiana, Pa., resigned as principal of the Elderton High School three months ago after police say they found pornography on his office computer. http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/breaking_news/10666668.htm http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-01172005-433998.html http://kdka.com/local/local_story_017091633.html us: Former Cop Faces Molestation, Child-Porn Charges A former San Diego police officer was in court on Tuesday, accused of attempted child molestation and possessing child pornography. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/4105983/detail.html us: Sequim Man Convicted On Child Pornography Charges A 37-year-old man from Sequim has been convicted on child-pornography charges. Robert Carl Patterson was convicted in Tacoma on seven counts of receiving child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. http://www.kirotv.com/news/4085874/detail.html us: FBI: Man Traveled to Molest Girl A 27-year-old man traveled from Illinois to Atlanta to have sex with a 9-year-old girl, Federal Bureau of Investigation reports. http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=57630 us: Other recent Iowa cases involving child porn Here are a few examples of child pornography cases in Iowa last year, culled from incidents reported in The Des Moines Register: http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050117/NEWS01/501170333/1002 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. Within 24 hours of this news being posted, a more recent edition of the news will normally be posted to the auDA web site. 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