general internet news - 11 December

.uk - An amnesty for internet paedophiles?
Police are considering launching a computer hard drive
amnesty as part of a crackdown on internet sex offenders,
BBC News Online has learned.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3254382.stm
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34416.html

Thai flag on porn Website makes Thai gov't see red
A Thai woman living in Britain faces possible extradition
and imprisonment for displaying the Thai national flag on
her pornographic Web site. The Web site also described
Bangkok as a "city of sex", the Thai government complained.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39118346,00.htm

China tightly controls information
With more than 2,000 TV stations and countless newspapers,
China is flooded with information, but virtually everything
is tightly controlled by the state and the internet is also
subject to regular crackdowns.
 http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=5501

.tw - Technology a boost to monitoring the media
The ease of digital recording and the rapid growth in
Internet access have made it easier to keep track of what
officials and journalists say.
 http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=5502

An Advocacy Handbook for the Non Governmental Organisations
The Council of Europe's Cyber-Crime Convention 2001 and the
additional protocol on the criminalisation of acts of a
racist or xenophobic nature committed through computer
systems.

http://www.cyber-rights.org/cybercrime/coe_handbook_crcl.pdf

.ca - Half-naked driver faces Net charge
A half-naked man found driving on a city street was
arrested and charged with child porn offences this week in
the first Canadian case involving wireless Internet signal
piracy, police said yesterday. The bizarre case began when
a Toronto police officer spotted a motorist going the wrong
way down a one-way street in a residential neighbourhood.

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2003/11/22/264890.html

Ebay takes action over child porn complaints
Ebay has taken action following allegations that its online
auction house was being used to trade in child pornography.
 http://www.theregister.com/content/6/34302.html

"Operación Global" lucha contra la pedofilia
Son varios los países de habla hispana y portuguesa los que
han dedicido juntar sus fuerzas para luchar contra la
pedofilia en Internet, concretamente España, Colombia,
Argentina, Venezuela, Perú, México, Chile y Brasil.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/107098279868007.shtml

.au - Tighter porn law pressure
TASMANIAN Senator Brian Harradine has called for tougher
filtering of internet content, warning the current opt-in
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