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'Enemies of the internet' named
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6124420.stm
Staying safe online: EU programme leads the way (news
release)
http://www.eurac
tiv.com/en/infosociety/commission-battles-protect-children-o
nline/article-159448
us: Do the Rights of the Disabled Extend to the Blind on the
Web?
http://iht.com/articles/2006/11/06/business/ecom.php
Google in bid to halt YouTube legal threat
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0cf8ea76-6aa2-11db-83d9
-0000779e2340.html
Web 2.0 potential unmet, say experts
http:
//news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6133455.html
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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'Enemies of the internet' named
For the first time, Egypt has been added to the list while
Nepal, Libya and the Maldives have all been removed.
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6124420.stm
A gigantic world map of Internet black holes projected on
Parisian monuments (news release)
Reporters Without Borders projected a gigantic world map of
online censorship onto some of Paris’s leading buildings
late this afternoon as part of a 24-hour protest against the
world’s 13 Internet enemies. The map was projected onto the
facade of Saint-Lazare station, onto the building that
houses the French headquarters of Yahoo! and onto the
Bastille Opera.
http
://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19629
List of the 13 Internet enemies in 2006 published
http
://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19603
Reporters without borders organises 24-hour online demo
against Internet censorship (news release)
Everyone is invited to connect to the Reporters Without
Borders website (www.rsf.org) between 11 a.m. on 7 November
and 11 a.m. on 8 November.
http
://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19558
Staying safe online: EU programme leads the way (news
release)
An independent evaluation finds that the EU’s Safer Internet
programme, which promote safer internet use, particularly
for children, has been very effective in tackling illegal
and harmful internet content, whilst respecting people’s
freedom of expression. The Commission is taking into account
the recommendations of these experts, in its implementation
of the “Safer Internet plus” programme in 2007-2008.
Meanwhile, the current programme is being used as a model by
other regions of the world.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleases
Action.do?reference=IP/06/1512&format=HTML&aged=0&am
p;language=EN&guiLanguage=en
http://www.eurac
tiv.com/en/infosociety/commission-battles-protect-children-o
nline/article-159448
nz: Joint force on text bullying
The police, Vodafone and Telecom will work together to speed
up their response to text bullying and abusive phone calls.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0
,2106,3851974a28,00.html
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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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us: Do the Rights of the Disabled Extend to the Blind on the
Web?
According to an advocacy group, Target declined last year to
make its Web site fully accessible to blind people with
specialized screen-reading technology last year. If true -
and Target has denied the accusation in court - it was a
public relations blunder, and it may have been illegal as
well.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/11/06/business/ecom.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/technology/06ecom.html
http://n
ews.com.com/2100-1030_3-6132808.html
ITU meeting in Turkey will tackle key Internet issues
Government officials will meet in Turkey for the next three
weeks to discuss the future of the Internet and take action
on key issues such as cybercrime and Internet oversight.
http://itworldcanada.com/a/News/21ec445
d-6747-4c9c-91b6-58edeb07fff5.html
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ttp://www.crime-research.org/news/04.11.2006/2332/
Company fined US$3m for adware use
An online advertising company, Zango, is to pay US$3m for
"unfairly and deceptively" downloading its
software onto people's computers.
htt
p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6122046.stm
au: New Australian copyright rules 'restrictive': Google
Internet search engine Google has asked for more flexibility
in new federal copyright laws, warning Australian businesses
could be held back because the new rules are too
restrictive.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/11/07/1162661681
109.html
au: Google warns Aust copyright laws could cripple Internet
Plugging a word or phrase into a search engine may soon give
you fewer results if proposed new Australian copyright laws
are adopted, according to Internet giant Google.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s1782921.htm
au: Policeman's YouTube email goes to utube
An email from a Victorian police officer has been cited in a
lawsuit filed by a US company which complains of being
swamped by millions of web surfers looking for the popular
YouTube video-sharing site.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/11/06/1162661591
260.html
Google Moving Fast to Curb YouTube Copyright Concerns
Google is reportedly offering media companies millions of
dollars in upfront payments if those outlets allow their
content to be shared on the YouTube video sharing site that
Google has agreed to buy. Reports say Google CEO Eric
Schmidt is leading an effort to convince media companies to
allow users of YouTube to share video clips of their
television shows and movies.
http://eco
mmercetimes.com/story/54083.html
Google in bid to halt YouTube legal threat
Google executives have met CBS, Viacom, Time Warner, NBC
Universal, News Corp and others in a frantic round of
negotiations, offering tens of millions of dollars in
upfront payments for the right to broadcast their video
content legally on YouTube.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0cf8ea76-6aa2-11db-83d9
-0000779e2340.html
us: FBI Tightens Net Around Identity Theft Operations
The FBI is cracking down on an international identity theft
operation that involves the trading of social security
numbers; the sale of stolen credit card account information;
and phishing, the practice of using e-mail to trick
consumers into handing over personal information,
authorities said yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.co
m/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110201579.html
us: Google CEO denies rumor of YouTube legal reserve
(Reuters)
Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt on Tuesday denied a
widely circulated rumor that his company had set aside $500
million to settle copyright claims by media companies as
part of its deal to acquire video-sharing site YouTube Inc.
http://www.washingtonpost.co
m/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR2006110701784.html
us: Child-pornography law burdensome, experts say
Three technology experts testified Monday that a new federal
law's restrictions on access to evidence in
child-pornography cases would discourage them from working
for defendants in such cases.
http://timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagen
ame=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&c
id=1149191567943
ca: Justices in child porn cases should view sordid
material: judge
Judges who are reluctant to view child pornography in
criminal cases are compromising their ability to make fair
rulings, says a prominent Ontario judicial leader.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2006/11/07/2265909-cp.
html
uk: Phishing attacks surge
There has been a massive increase in the number of attempted
phishing attacks and a huge rise in the amount of money lost
to online fraud, according to APACS, the UK payment services
association.
http://news.zdnet.
co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39284591,00.htm
de: Privacy Prevails: German ISP Forced To Delete IP Logs
The highest appeal court in Germany has decided that
T-Online, one of the largest German ISPs has to delete all
IP logs to guarantee the privacy of their customers. This
ruling makes it impossible for anti-piracy organizations to
trace an infringing IP-address back to a customer of
T-Online, once their dynamic IP address has changed.
http://torrentfreak.com/privacy-pre
vails-german-isp-forced-to-delete-ip-logs/
de: T-Online darf Internet-Verbindungsdaten nicht speichern
Bis 2007 sollen die EU-Länder eigentlich Gesetze
beschließen, die die vorsorgliche Speicherung von
Internet-Verbindungsdaten regeln. Monatelang sollen die
Surf-Spuren aller Nutzer gespeichert werden. Jetzt entschied
der Bundesgerichtshof: Das ist mit geltendem Recht nicht zu
vereinbaren.
http://www.spieg
el.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,446838,00.html
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us: FTC chief warns against 'unnecessary' Net rules
The head of the Federal Trade Commission on Monday voiced
reluctance toward adopting consumer protection laws that
target technological concerns du jour, saying the
"collective voice" of consumers often prompts
change.
http://n
ews.com.com/2100-1028_3-6132772.html
us: FTC: Policing online ads is 'daunting task'
As ads and marketing messages spread to a growing number of
devices and with increased personalization, challenges lie
ahead for authorities charged with policing deceptive
schemes, a Federal Trade Commission official said Tuesday.
http:
//news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6133250.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Web 2.0 potential unmet, say experts
Despite the explosion of new Web services, a number of
hurdles stand in the way of consumer- and business-oriented
social-networking applications, experts at the Web 2.0
Summit said.
http:
//news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6133455.html
nz: Life of Riley All in Cyberspace
Christchurch man Jason Riley clocks up 40 hours a week on
the internet -- joining a growing number of people addicted
to cyberspace.
http://redorbit.com/news/technology/7
22162/life_of_riley_all_in_cyberspace/
mm: Internet users in Myanmar number nearly 300,000
The number of internet users in Myanmar has reached nearly
300,000, up from merely 12 four years ago, according to a
newly disclosed figures of the telecommunications
authorities Wednesday.
http://english.people.com.cn/200611/08/eng20061108
_319507.html
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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nz: 'Rundown network' slowing broadband
InternetNZ says the fact that few broadband customers have
experienced significantly faster download speeds at peak
times since Telecom removed broadband speed caps for most
customers late last month shows New Zealand has a
"rundown network that does not appear to be capable of
delivering an OECD-class service".
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0
,2106,3851225a11275,00.html
Jury still out on BT split
The splitting of Britain's BT into three operating divisions
is the blueprint for reforms to Telecom. But, as Tom
Pullar-Strecker reports, the British experience has not been
an unqualified success.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0
,2106,3851968a28,00.html
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au: Top prosecutor's child porn case adjourned (AAP)
A child pornography case against NSW prosecutor Patrick
Power has been adjourned until December. The NSW Deputy
Senior Crown Prosecutor, Patrick Power, SC, is charged with
possessing child pornography.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/11/07/1162661658
948.html
http://www.news.com.au
/story/0,10117,20715648-1702,00.html
us: Prosecutor Kills Himself in Texas Raid Over Child Sex
A prosecutor in this North Texas town killed himself Sunday
as the police tried to arrest him on charges of soliciting
sex over the Internet from a person he thought was a
13-year-old boy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/us/07pedophile.html
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