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http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ Internet in Asia blog: http://sirc.blogspot.com/ *************************************************** CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ****************************************** uk: Net regulation 'still possible' The blurring of boundaries between TV and the internet raises questions of regulation, watchdog Ofcom has said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4211415.stm http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39185530,00.htm uk: Blogging 'a paedophile's dream' Online journals and camera phones are a "paedophiles' dream" which have increased the risk to children, the Scottish Parliament has been warned. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4209801.stm http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/28/net_dangers_blog/ Web police to fight paedophiles Police and major internet companies around the world have launched a website on which children can report their suspicions about the activities of possible paedophiles. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4207759.stm http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=policeandindustry1106746302 http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.107.htm au: New crackdown on net predators THE Australian Federal Police have joined a new global crackdown on child sex offenders on the internet. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12066567%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Police-cast-net-to-capture-pedophiles/2005/01/27/1106415719213.html http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/0,39023165,39178686,00.htm http://smh.com.au/news/National/Federal-police-launch-pedophile-suspect-site/2005/01/27/1106415711085.html Global site fights child abuse A new international Web site developed by a global alliance of law enforcement agencies was launched this week to try and prevent individuals from committing child abuse online. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-01-27-child-abuse-site_x.htm UK, US, Australian & Canadian Law Enforcement Band Together to Target Online Child Exploitation (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement news release) Law enforcement and technology industry officials in the UK unveiled today a new international website created by the Virtual Global Task Force, a partnership lead by the UK National Crime Squad (NCS) that includes NCS, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Australian High Tech Crime Centre, and Interpol. http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/VGtaskforce012605.htm nz: Internet group support initiative New Zealand cyber safety educator the Internet Safety Group says a new international initiative to protect children using the internet is an ambitious one that it will monitor closely. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_technology_story_skin/470995?format=html uk: BP joins fight against illegal content online BP, the world�s second largest oil and gas company, has joined the Internet Watch Foundation as an Associate Member, helping to maintain the diverse IWF membership base and protect their own services from illegal online abuse. http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.106.htm uk: National Safer Internet Day, February 8 2005 Safer Internet Day represents an effort by a global community of awareness-raising partners to promote a safer Internet for all users, especially young people. The Cyberspace Research Unit (CRU) in partnership with the Home Secretary's Internet Task Force has organised a one day UK conference entitled: �Children and Young People's Use of Mobile Phones' which will be hosted in London. http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.104.htm uk: Internet chatrooms 'off limits' A temporary ban on people using internet chatrooms in Coventry libraries is still in force while bosses find a way to make cyber-chatting safe for young people. http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=15127139%26method=full%26siteid=50003%26headline=internet%2dchatrooms%2d%2doff%2dlimits%2d-name_page.html uk: Film warns of internet paedophile dangers Police and child protection experts today launched a groundbreaking film warning children of the risks posed by internet paedophiles. http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1400018,00.html eu: INSAFE: Launch of a European Safer Internet network The 18th and 19th November in Prague will see the launch of INSAFE, a European awareness-raising network to confront a growing challenge on national, European and international agendas. The creation of the network is an important step in the European Commission�s Safer Internet Action Plan (SIAP). http://news.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/_News_search_news/content.cfm?ov=33951&lang=en&id_area=109 au: Parents warned after child play pictures appear on web (reg req'd) Parents were warned to be aware of people photographing their children after revelations that pictures taken of children playing at a Brisbane beach had appeared on a website. http://smh.com.au/news/National/Parents-warned-after-child-play-pictures-appear-on-web/2005/01/27/1106415711007.html us: Reports of Child Pornography to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Continue to Rise (news release) New statistics released today by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) show child pornography reports to its CyberTipline, a congressionally mandated mechanism for reporting child sexual exploitation, jumped 39 percent in 2004. Since the CyberTipline was established in 1998, reports of these illegal images have dramatically increased every year. http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1865 http://press.arrivenet.com/edu/article.php/572363.html us: Porn tip site will aid police Peel Regional Police say a national anti-pornography website launched this week will lead to more arrests in the fight against child pornography in the region. http://www.mississauganews.com/mi/peelpolice/story/2515848p-2914851c.html au: Child sex offenders banned from web Territorians convicted of child pornography charges could be banned from using the internet. http://www.ntnews.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,12076192%255E13569,00.html au: Net porn shock - disturbing sex sites accessed BENDIGO'S public library Internet terminals have been used to look up several websites containing pornography and images of rape fantasies. http://bendigo.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=367278&m=7&y=2005 no: Only four sentenced after child porn action A police report shows that only four convictions are complete after a major operation against child pornography in May last year, despite 105 of the over 200 raided admitting guilt on the day. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article957188.ece ph: Cops in dilemma over cyber sex Although the Western Police District (WPD) has the moral ground to go after Internet caf�s allowing cyber pornography, it may not have the backing of the courts. http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN2005012927481.html ph: Revilla's proposal bears down on cybersex Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. yesterday filed a proposal aiming to curb the use of high-tech equipment for pornography now proliferating in the Internet. http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=25717 ph: City Hall joins police campaign against cyber sex, pornography Manila Mayor Lito Atienza has ordered Business Promotions and Development Office (BPDO) Director Regino Tolentino to closely monitor anew the Internet shops, especially those operating within the vicinity of schools, after receiving reports that some of these establishments are being used for cyber pornography. http://www.mb.com.ph/MTNN2005013027494.html us: Cyberstalking: What it is, what it isn't Cyberstalking, the topic of last week's column, is a huge issue that will become the next major technology topic of discussion. After addressing the basics last week, it makes sense to examine some of the subtleties. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002164312_ptinbo29.html us: KIDS' E-VIL DEEDS FIFTEEN-year-old Molly was blackmailed by a rival who'd taken topless cell phone photos of her � and threatened to e-mail them to a boy she hated. http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/39520.htm us: 'Net a blessing and a curse for porn fighters While working as assistant U.S. attorney in the 1980s, New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey dealt with his share of child pornography cases. http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/nj/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1106993144135540.xml us: Executive Faces Uphill Battle in His Suits Over Anonymous Web Attacks Like clockwork each day, someone who calls himself or herself Wolfblitzzer0 logs on to RagingBull.com, a stock-talk Internet message board, and posts slurs about Michael J. Zwebner, the chief executive of Miami Beach-based Universal Communication Systems. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1106573739960 China bans 50 video games China has banned 50 electronic games, including FIFA Soccer 2005 and Microsoft's Age of Mythology, as part of a campaign to combat what it sees as harmful influences on the young, state media said on Wednesday. http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/China-bans-50-video-games/2005/01/27/1106415700756.html (reg req'd) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/26/china_game_ban/ es: Nueva red de pedofilia desarticulada La persecuci�n de los usuarios de la Red que se gustan de ver y compartir im�genes en las que los protagonistas son menores desnudos o en actitudes sexuales, est� dando su fruto, y ultimamente son muchas las noticias que nos hablan de redes desarticuladas por los distintos cuerpos de seguridad del Estado. http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/110690139235143.shtml ******************* LEGAL AND SECURITY ******************* de: Volkswagen Files Complaint Over Spoof Internet Ad Volkswagen AG has filed criminal charges over a spoof advertisement for its Polo small car that has been circulating on the Internet, Europe's biggest carmaker said on Friday. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=582&e=1&u=/nm/20050128/wr_nm/autos_volkswagen_ad_dc ng: 419: Senior FBI Agent Testifies On Credit-Card Fraud An Ikeja High Court judge, Justice Morenike Obadina, was yesterday told how an Advanced Fee Fraud a.k.a. 419 scam allegedly involving Internet-based payment for some cameras, using bad credit cards, led a United States company to the verge of bankruptcy. http://allafrica.com/stories/200501280262.html uk: Cyber-stalker faces sentencing today A woman is due to be sentenced today at Leicester Crown Court after she waged a three-year campaign of harassment against a man with whom she had a one-night stand. She also admitted five computer-related offences and perverting the course of justice. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/28/cyberstalker_sentence uk: CYBER STALKER IT WAS a one-night stand that led to a nightmare. But the bitter woman who stalked company boss Chay Ankers for three terrifying years was no traditional predator. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=15125271&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=cyber-stalker-name_page.html uk: Police culture crippling cybercrime fight A senior UK policeman has warned that finding funding for the fight against cybercrime is becoming increasingly difficult http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39185482,00.htm us: New Article Tells About Cyber-bullying Last night Tom�s daughter, Sue, came out of her room to see her dad and said, �I got another one of those instant messages. It says, �tomorrow you had better not show up at school or else�.� She has been getting messages like this now for weeks. The result of this is that she no longer likes to turn her computer on. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/1/prwebxml201729.php us: Conference sheds light on bullying Jerryn Johnston choked up as he recalled the harassment by classmates that led him to attempt suicide three years ago while a student at Gilbert High School. http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050128/NEWS02/501280417/1001/NEWS us: Combating school bullying Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt you. Ellen deLara says that's an outright lie. http://news10now.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=35732 us: Man Sentenced for Releasing Computer Worm A teenager was sentenced Friday to 1 1/2 years in prison for unleashing an Internet worm that crippled 48,000 computers in 2003. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_ATTACK http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=7471540 http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66443,00.html uk: Charges brought for denial of service attack (news briefing) A man has been charged under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 for launching denial of service attacks on websites based in Scotland and the US. http://ipandit.practicallaw.com/2-200-2421 ca: Intent is at heart of Canadian case of cybercrime At issue is a 26-year-old Edmonton man�s recipes for napalm, Molotov cocktails and other weapons, that he was selling on a Web site. The question the court will try to answer, reports The Globe and Mail, is whether Hamilton harboured the necessary legal intent to counsel an offence that was never actually committed. http://crime-research.org/news/28.01.2005/928 us: New York City Can Refile Web Cigarette Sellers Suit New York City can file a revised racketeering lawsuit accusing Internet cigarette sellers of evading the city's steep taxes through computer sales to Big Apple smokers, a judge ruled on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=7459531 us: CDT Renews Call For Privacy Legislation, Better Spyware Enforcement Testifying at the year's first hearing of the House Commerce Committee, CDT reiterated that baseline privacy legislation was the best way to deal with the snowballing spyware epidemic and head off further threats to online privacy. CDT also highlighted the growing problem of affiliate networking, and called for stepped up enforcement against spyware purveyors and their affiliates. http://cdt.org/ ****** POLICY ****** nz: Internet Code of Practice Working Paper Released for Consultation InternetNZ has released a working paper on a proposed Internet Code of Practice. Feedback is being sought from InternetNZ members and ISP's on each section of the paper at a time. The sections released for feedback are included on the website. http://internetnz.net.nz/icop/index.html ***** SPAM ***** uk: High Court extends cause of action estoppel to trade marks in SPAMBUSTER case (news briefing) The High Court has dismissed actions by the owner of the registered trade mark SPAM for declarations of invalidity in relation to, or revocation of, the registered trade mark SPAMBUSTER, on the grounds of cause of action estoppel and/or abuse of process. http://ipandit.practicallaw.com/5-200-2434 ca: It's time to dam the spam They almost got to me last fall with a missive, purportedly from Rogers Communications techies, tucked amid my ever-multiplying queue of emails. Email access, it announced, would soon be interrupted. But I could go to an Internet site, sign in with my password and have access anyway. In retrospect, I was foolish to even read it. The missive was fraudulent. Welcome to the world of really bad spam. http://www.macleans.ca/switchboard/columnists/article.jsp?content=20050131_99522_99522 Germany proposes law to fine spammers People sending junk e-mail, or spam, in Germany will face fines of as much as 50,000 euros according to a draft law agreed by Germany's ruling coalition of Social Democrats and Greens. http://news.com.com/Germany+proposes+law+to+fine+spammers/2100-1024_3-5554912.html http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=7469489 ***************************** INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE ***************************** nz: New Survey Illustrates the Profound Impact of Mobile Phones on Many New Zealand Youth (news release) New survey results offer clear evidence of the serious impact of mobile phones on the lifestyle and social life of many New Zealand youth. The Internet Safety Group (ISG) today released its new NetSafe� survey - The Text Generation: Mobile Phones and New Zealand Youth. Over 1500 secondary students, ages 12 to 19, participated in this survey, with 73% of them reporting that they used a mobile phone. http://netsafe.org.nz/isgnews/Text_Generation.aspx Groups Use Internet to Scare Iraqi Voters In Baghdad, armed men hand out fliers threatening people with death if they vote in the upcoming elections. But on the Internet a more effective campaign against the vote is under way. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46463-2005Jan29.html us: Simultaneous Web and TV Use Rockets 72 Percent The number of minutes adults spend simultaneously surfing the Web and watching TV has increased a dramatic 72 percent, from an average of 174 minutes per week in 2001 to 300 minutes per week in 2004, according to the latest "Media in Mind" survey by Universal McCann. http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/traffic_patterns/article.php/3465771 Google's search for meaning Using search engines to glean the meaning of words may be the vital spark that will lead to intelligent computers http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6924 Cybersex: Seek and Ye Shall Find Like good sex in the real world, quality virtual sex takes time to develop. It may have gone underground, but cybersex is thriving in fantasy worlds. Commentary by Regina Lynn. http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66423,00.html ****************** ONLINE MUSIC & P2P ****************** us: COALITION OF NATIONAL FAMILY, CHILD ADVOCACY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUPS ENTER BATTLE OVER FILE SHARING A diverse coalition of family, child advocacy and law enforcement groups has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a Ninth Circuit decision that refused to hold peer-to-peer file-sharing companies accountable for copyright infringement on their networks. http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1864 us: Movie body targets children's PCs The UA film industry releases its latest tool in a campaign to clamp down on movie file-sharing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4216697.stm Downloading soars The speed with which downloading music has moved into the mainstream has become apparent with new figures. http://news.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml;sessionid=FRK0AEPGEUDCDQFIQMGCM5WAVCBQUJVC?xml=/connected/2005/01/26/ecndown20.xml&sSheet=/connected/2005/01/26/ixconn.html no: Norway Court Upholds Napster Conviction Norway's supreme court ruled Thursday that a student whose Napster.no homepage was linked to free Internet music files must compensate the music industry. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NORWAY_NAPSTER_RULING http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4216551.stm Student fined for linking to mp3s on net Although not engaged in the posting of pirated music tracks on the web himself, a Norwegian student has been ordered to pay the music industry thousands of euros in compensation just for linking to sites that did. http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=5702 Movie body targets children's PCs The UA film industry releases its latest tool in a campaign to clamp down on movie file-sharing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4216697.stm ************************ COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS ************************ uk: Web creator named top Briton 2004 The creator of the internet, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has been named Great Briton 2004, it was announced yesterday. http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1400843,00.html http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39185555,00.htm Firefox's rise predicted to continue Firefox has been predicted to see its market share rise to 20 percent by the end of 2005 as users act on fears over privacy and security. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39178707,00.htm More Google Browser Speculation We discussed way back in May that Google might do good to make it�s own Browser� and signs are becoming clearer than ever. Just reported in many online papers, Google has done some high profile hiring in the recent days. 4 people who worked on Internet Explorer (one being Adam Bosworth), another one from Java lead developers (Joshua Bloch) and another guy (Joe Beda) who was working on future Microsoft technologies like Avalon and Longhorn. It is also notable that Google now holds ownership of the domain name GBrowser.com leading to more speculation of a browser from Google�s stable. http://news.techwhack.com/424/google-does-some-high-profile-hiring/ Latest Opera browser gets vocal Net browser Opera 8.0, due for official release at the end of next month, will be "the most accessible browser on the market", according to its authors. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4208751.stm Wireless internet The prospects for WiMax technology have been hugely overhyped http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3600112 Gates says security is priority Microsoft boss Bill Gates tells the BBC that better security is the top priority for the company. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/4215183.stm ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** au: Man given nine months for child pornography A man caught with the largest number of child pornography images during a national crackdown has been jailed for nine months. http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1290147.htm http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12066832%255E1702,00.html au: DOCS worker fine for child porn A NEW South Wales government community services worker has been given a 12-month suspended jail sentence and fined $5000 for possessing child pornography. http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12067301%255E1702,00.html http://smh.com.au/news/National/DOCS-worker-fined-for-child-porn/2005/01/27/1106415708513.html au: Man pleads guilty to pornography charges A 49-year-old man has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in the Geraldton Magistrate's Court. http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1290579.htm au: Jail over child porn collection A MELBOURNE man has been jailed after being caught in the international Operation Auxin crackdown on child pornography. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12066832-1702,00.html http://smh.com.au/news/National/Jail-for-more-than-200000-child-porn-photos/2005/01/27/1106415710961.html uk: Pornographer downloaded 42,000 images of children A man who downloaded nearly 42,000 images of child pornography from the internet also had a miniature camera hidden in a matchbox in the bathroom of a home he shared with his partner to spy on people, a court heard yesterday. http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=15130187&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=pornographer-downloaded-42-000-images-of-children-name_page.html uk: Naturist couple are held in child porn inquiry A couple who run a naturist mail order business from home have been held by Scotland Yard on suspicion of importing child pornography. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/16222840?source=Evening%20Standard http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=105382005 uk: Outrage over two year term for man who had 'cybersex' with girl A CHILDREN�S charity last night criticised the "lenient" two year sentence given to a man who admitted having "cybersex" with a 14-year-old girl over the internet. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=95982005 http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=prisonforcybersex1106746225 jm: Queens man arrested in child porn case In a case that shocked even experienced investigators, a Jamaica man was arrested Thursday on charges he had sex with a 9-year-old female relative and videotaped it for the Internet, officials said Friday. http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/queens/nyc-porn0129,0,2588135.story ca: Tip triggers child porn bust A tip from a computer repair technician about "very disturbing" images on a computer led police to charge a London man with possessing child pornography. The technician tipped off police last week, London police Const. Jeff Arbing said. http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2005/01/27/911361-sun.html ca: Israeli man arrested in Toronto on sex assault, child pornography charges An Israeli man living in Canada as a landed immigrant has been charged with sexual assault and making child pornography, Toronto police said Tuesday. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050126/ca_pr_on_na/crime_child_porn_charges_2 ca: Sent to slammer A city judge who earlier stated people convicted of possessing child pornography should be put behind bars yesterday not only talked the talk, but walked the walk. After rejecting a plea-bargain deal proposing an 18-month conditional sentence to be served under house arrest in the community, provincial court Judge David McNab sentenced a local child-porn peruser to eight months in jail. http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2005/01/29/913962-sun.html us: 39 Arrested in NJ for Child Porn Distribution; Subjects shared videotaped rape of 5-year-old over the Internet Attorney General Peter C. Harvey and State Police Superintendent Colonel Rick Fuentes today announced the arrest of 39 people on child pornography charges resulting from a landmark investigation in which detectives used new technology to detect child pornography files shared over the Internet, then traced them to the computers on which they were stored. http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-5244.html http://www.njherald.com/news/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1106923460,6802, http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news2-GNJarrests.htm http://www.casperstartribune.net/news/wyoming/13a507edadd5b36487256f970002f13e.txt http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/27/build/wyoming/45-nj-porn.inc http://www.thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050128/NEWS01/501280313/1002 http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050128/NEWS/501280357/1001/NEWS03 us: New Jersey Police Credit New Software for Child Porn Charges Against 37 A high school hockey coach, a pediatric neurosurgeon and 37 others have been arrested on child pornography charges in a law enforcement operation authorities credited to new investigative computer technology used by state police detectives. http://officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=20860&siteSection=1 us: Child pornography sweep snares 8 from South Jersey Eight tri-county residents, including a juvenile boy and two adult sons of a former Glassboro mayor, were among 39 people arrested statewide Thursday in an interstate child-pornography sweep. http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/southjersey/m012805c.htm us: 4 locals charged in child porn sweep In what authorities called the biggest Internet child pornography sweep in state history, 39 people have been arrested for allegedly downloading images depicting the rape of a 5-year-old girl. http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1106903757242960.xml us: Freeport resident pleads not guilty to child porn charges A Freeport man pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a felony charge of dissemination of child pornography. http://www.journalstandard.com/articles/2005/01/28/local_news/news03.txt us: Vinton man guilty of distributing child pornography A Vinton man has pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing child pornography. http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2873349 http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2873349 us: Three men arrested in connection with child pornography Three Burlington County men have been arrested as part of a statewide enforcement blitz devised to thwart the distribution of hardcore child pornography on the Internet, authorities announced yesterday. http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-01282005-440257.html us: Man convicted of child pornography not allowed to rescind plea A former pizza shop owner will not be allowed to withdraw a guilty plea for child pornography, a judge ruled. http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/local/10760454.htm us: Alsace man held on child-pornography charges An Alsace Township man was arrested on charges he had more than 1,200 images of child pornography on his home computer, Berks County detectives said Thursday. http://www.readingeagle.com/re/news/1358861.asp us: Man convicted of child pornography not allowed to rescind plea A former pizza shop owner in Washington County will not be allowed to withdraw a guilty plea for child pornography. http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2869783 us: Upper Providence man charged with having child pornography A 34-year-old township man was arrested for possession of child pornography after Montgomery County detectives discovered thousands of images on his home computer. http://pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13842546&BRD=1674&PAG=461 us: Cary Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charges A Cary man pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to child pornography charges that stemmed from an international investigation into online kiddie porn, authorities said. http://www.nbc17.com/news/4135958/detail.html http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/10754828.htm?1c http://www.wral.com/news/4135245/detail.html http://www.herald-sun.com/state/6-570211.html us: Chalmette man held in child porn case A 43-year-old Chalmette man has been booked with possession of child pornography and indecent behavior with a juvenile, St. Bernard Parish sheriff's officials said Friday. http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1106985333279880.xml us: Man sentenced for child pornography A man once charged with trying to arrange sex with a 2-year-old girl was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for receiving child pornography. http://www.sungazette.com/wire/pawirestory.asp?articleID=3294&postdate=1/26/2005 us: Huntington warrants yield child porn stash A 24-year-old Huntington man was arrested Thursday on 47 charges of possession of child pornography. http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/local/10767147.htm us: Iowa man pleads guilty in child porn case A Vinton man has pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing child pornography, officials said Friday. http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=1638&u_sid=1322701 us: School Worker Linked To Child Pornography An employee at a Pasco County school has been arrested on a child pornography charge. http://pasco.tbo.com/pasco/MGBG1Q4EG4E.html us: Man Convicted On 179 Counts Of Child Porn A Franklin man has been convicted of 179 counts of pandering child pornography. http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/01/28/childporn.html us: Purdue staff member arrested on charges of drug, pornography Police arrested a Purdue staff member on charges for possession of drugs and computer-related child pornography, said deputy chief of Purdue Police. http://purdueexponent.org/interface/bebop/showstory.php?date=2005/01/28§ion=campus&storyid=brief us: Former MU prof guilty of child porn A former Millersville University professor has pleaded guilty to possessing videos depicting child pornography on a college-owned computer. http://www.lancasteronline.com/pages/news/local/4/11537 us: Police: Sex Offender Used UNM Computer For Child Porn A registered sex offender faces charges that he used a University of New Mexico computer to view child pornography. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kcra/20050126/lo_koat/2554701 us: Corinth Man Convicted Of Possession Of Child Porn A Corinth man has been convicted on possession of child pornography charges. Forty-three-year-old Ricky Hollins was convicted by a federal grand jury yesterday in U-S District Court in Aberdeen after jurors heard testimony for most of the day. http://www.wpmi.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=33ABAEFA-4FBA-4DF3-8D5F-A4D19C30FE58 http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/10759375.htm us: Virginia Beach Man Faces Child Pornography Charge Virginia Beach police have charged a 48-year old man with the production of child pornography, indecent liberties, forcible sodomy and aggravated sexual battery after officials found, what they say, is a videotape showing an 8 to 10-year old girl engaging in various sex acts. http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2858289&nav=23iiVc4W us: DeRidder Man Sentenced for Child Porn A former Allen Parish jail guard who admitted to downloading child pornography on a work computer has been sentenced to a year in federal prison. http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2870859&nav=0n4JVisJ us: Buena Vista man, 41, charged with child pornography, sexual assaults A 41-year-old Buena Vista man was indicted on charges of sexually assaulting three girls over a period of about five years and videotaping the commission of the crimes, prosecutors announced Friday. http://www.thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050129/NEWS01/501290328/1002 us: Man Convicted of Child Porn Can't Rescind Plea A former pizza shop owner in Washington County will not be allowed to withdraw a guilty plea for child pornography. http://kdka.com/local/local_story_028093447.html us: Area man convicted for having child porn Richard N. King shook his head slightly as 61 guilty verdicts involving child pornography were read in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court on Thursday. http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/news/stories/20050128/localnews/1925635.html us: Teacher charged with child pornography possession A veteran teacher who worked as a reading specialist at three Chester County schools was arraigned today (Tuesday) on charges that he viewed and transmitted child pornography on his personal computer at his home. http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2857671 http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/breaking_news/10733947.htm us: Former prison guard gets year on child porn plea A former Allen Parish jail guard who admitted to downloading child pornography on a work computer has been sentenced to a year in federal prison. http://www.dailycomet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050128/APN/501280553 us: Freeport resident pleads not guilty to child porn charges A Freeport man pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a felony charge of dissemination of child pornography. http://www.journalstandard.com/articles/2005/01/28/local_news/news03.txt us: Convicted Child Molester Facing Pornography Charges Norfolk police have arrested a convicted child molester on new child pornography charges. http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2850511 us: Franciscan Brother Sentenced for Child Pornography A Brown County judge handed down a sentence on a Franciscan brother charged with possession of child pornography. http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=2850490 us: Man sentenced for child pornography A suburban Pittsburgh man once charged with trying to arrange sex with a two-year-old girl was sentenced today to five years in prison for receiving child pornography. http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2850207 us: Man Sentenced in Child Porn Case A local man will spend more than 10 years in prison for receiving and distributing child pornography. http://www.rnews.com/Story_2004.cfm?ID=24118&rnews_story_type=18 us: Man accused of possessing child porn Montgomery County sheriff's deputies arrested a man from the village of Fort Hunter on charges of possessing child pornography. http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=115011&SecID=33 us: Jacksonville Man Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years Prison After Child Pornography Guilty Plea (news release) A Jacksonville resident was sentenced Thursday in federal district court to six and one-half years prison and three years supervised release after pleading guilty Nov. 5 to child pornography charges. http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/plea012805.htm us: Tip From 'Cyber Angel' Snares Online Predator A tip from the public led to the arrest of a 44-year old Eagle River man for online enticement Friday after a joint investigation between the Anchorage Police Department Crimes Against Children Unit and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated the man's activities. http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/CyberAngel.htm us: College newspaper editor arrested on child pornography charges in Fresno A Fresno City College newspaper editor was arrested on federal child pornography charges after allegedly admitting he had possessed photos of girls having sex with adults. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/10768163.htm us: Neoshoan charged in Internet sting A Neosho man faces charges of promoting obscenity, child enticement, and possession of child pornography after an Internet sting arrest Thursday. http://www.neoshodailynews.com/articles/2005/01/30/news/news07.txt +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. 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