general internet news - 15 January

Hi all

The news below includes, firstly, the news on the NCH
report from the UK on the availability of child porn
online, most of which was in the recent update, although
there are a few updates. The rest of the news follows
following a break.

Cheers
David

Net blamed for rise in child porn
Child porn crimes have risen by 1,500% since 1988 and new
internet mobile phones could make things even worse,
according to a children's charity.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3387377.stm

http://www.silicon.com/networks/mobile/0,39024665,39117751,00.htm

Leader: Web wrongly blamed for child-sex offence explosion
Children's charity NCH has today blamed the internet for a
1500 per cent increase in child-porn related offences.

http://www.silicon.com/hardware/storage/0,39024649,39117724,00.htm

Internet industry rejects child-porn blame
A children's charity has warned that the Internet is making
pornographic images of children more easily available - but
the industry argues that it is involved in catching the
culprits

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39119052,00.htm
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34816.html

Q&A: Keeping safe on the net
Parents can do much to make the web a safe place for
youngsters.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2538491.stm

Internet porn 'increasing child abuse'
Demand for child pornography on the internet has led to an
increase in sex abuse cases, it was claimed today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1121316,00.html

uk - Children to be shielded from abuse via mobiles
3G phone firms plan safeguards on pornography and gambling.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1121078,00.html

http://www.silicon.com/networks/mobile/0,39024665,39117751,00.htm

Mobile phones linked to internet may fuel rise in child
porn offences
Child porn crimes have rocketed 1,500 per cent since 1988 -
and a fresh avalanche of porn could be unleashed by
internet mobile phones, warns a report out today.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=480353

American duty
Britain's crackdown on internet paedophiles faces failure
if the US, which provides more than half the images
reported here, does not prosecute more abusers, writes John
Carr.

http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story/0,1074,1119850,00.html

Arresting abuse online
The huge scale of internet paedophile activity and use of
ever-changing technology mean we need to rethink the way we
police it, says Rachel O'Connell.

http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/comment/0,1074,1121247,00.html

Full text of the NCH report (pdf)

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Society/documents/2004/01/12/pornographyreport.pdf

>From BBC's Radio 4 Today programme (Real audio):
There has been a massive rise in child pornography
offences. Our Crime Correspondent Neil Bennett reports.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today1_neil_20040112.ram

A study has blamed the increase in child sex abuse on the
internet. The author of the report is John Carr.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today2_carr_20040112.ram

IWF  Response to NCH Report
A report published today by NCH – the children’s charity –
reveals a rise in the number of arrests and prosecutions in
England & Wales for child pornography offences.
 http://www.iwf.org.uk/news/press/latest_press.epl

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French green-light radical overhaul of internet and
telecoms
The French internet landscape is taking on the look of a
battlefield, after the country's MPs approved a second
reading earlier this month of the 'Confidence in the
digital economy' bill. The bill aims to clarify legislation
in several areas: e-commerce; service providers' legal
responsibilities; the various remits of regulators;
cybercrime; and telecoms.

http://www.silicon.com/networks/broadband/0,39024661,39117748,00.htm

France's digital economy bill annoys net users
Net users and internet service providers in France are
mounting a last-ditch protest against a piece of
legislation entitled A Bill to Promote Confidence in the
Digital Economy, which entered its final reading in the
French national assembly Thursday.

http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/C1F6A082562EB682CC256E160006A48E

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=frenchispsangryov1073909199

We Can Trap More Crooks With a Net Full of Honey
The site looks temptingly authentic. Its pictures are
graphic, the kind that would immediately appeal to a
pedophile. A customer cruising the Net for kiddie porn
would want to double-click to see more. But wait. Before he
touches the mouse, he's compelled to ask himself: Is this
online offer for real? Or is this an FBI setup? Is he
actually purchasing the photos? Or will his next keystrokes
provoke a felony arrest? He can't be sure.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5056-2004Jan9.html

Countries urged to adopt faster measures to address
cybercrime
The agreement to cooperate among various countries may no
longer be enough to curb the increasing use of information
technology to commit crimes.
 http://itmatters.com.ph/news/news_01122004a.html

The government plans to track down unauthorised
Internet-users
Reporters Without Borders has protested vigorously against
a plan by the Cuban authorities to crack down on
unauthorised Internet-users by placing a total ban on use
of the regular telephone network to get online. They have
called on Etecsa, Cuba's sole telecoms operator "to deploy
every technical means to detect and block Internet access"
to unauthorised users. Since Internet use in Cuba is banned
for the majority of the population, Cubans are forced to
use illegal connections.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9039
El gobierno va a acorralar a los internautas "no
autorizados"
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9037
Le gouvernement va traquer les internautes "non autorisés"
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9035

Cuba Tightens Grip on Net Access 
Cuba is tightening its control over the Internet,
prohibiting Internet access over the low-cost government
phone service most ordinary citizens have at home under a
new law announced Friday.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,61866,00.html

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/7674007.htm

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8371296%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4120243

New study shatters Internet 'geek' image
The typical Internet user, far from being a geek, shuns
television and actively socialises with friends, according
to a new study on surfing habits.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1025533.htm

http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/internet/0,2172,71998,00.html

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4123585

.au - Low wages and the net just don't click
Cyberspace remains the domain of the privileged despite
growing use of the internet, according to a new Australian
study.
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/12/1073877764050.html

China Authorities Battle Hard to Tighten the Web (REG
REQ'D)
Liu Di, a 23-year-old college student known online as
"Stainless Steel Mouse," was recently released on bail
after a year in prison. The Internet essayist jailed for
her ironic musings about China's political shortcomings
gave a big wave as her father picked her up.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fg-internet13jan13,1,7386155.story

.us - Is a URL the same as a hyperlink in law?
Two US web sites are testing the limits of a law intended
to create a safe internet area for children by setting
standards for certain web sites, including prohibiting
hyperlinks to other sites. What if a third party URL is not
a link?

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=isaurlthesameas1073996812

.ca - Be Web Aware program aims to protect children
Public-awareness campaign created by a coalition of
corporate and non-profit organizations is trying to teach
Canadian kids about surfing responsibly on-line.

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040113.gtkapicajan13/BNStory/Technology

.ca - Edmonton battles on-line child porn
Edmonton Police Service dedicates two-man team exclusively
to battling growing problem of Internet child exploitation.

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040113.gtpornjan13/BNStory/Technology

.us - Pennsylvania child porn law causes 'massive
overblocking of sites'
More than a million completely legal websites have been
blocked by US ISPs in response to the Pennsylvanian statute
against Internet Child Pornography.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34853.html

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=freespeechchalleng1073909249

.au - Judge delays sentencing of Internet sex offender
A Brisbane District Court judge has adjourned the
sentencing of a 26-year-old man who has pleaded guilty to
using the Internet with intent to procure a child for sex.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1025419.htm

.au - SA aims to shield students from inappropriate
material
New guidelines will soon be introduced to prevent South
Australian public school students accessing sexually
explicit and other inappropriate material.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1024092.htm

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8370577%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/12/1073769492692.html

.us - Killer taunts victim's family on Internet
Mary Kate Gach thought she had heard the last of Jack
Trawick when he went to death row for murdering her
daughter in 1992. Instead, Trawick's twisted writings about
how he beat, strangled and stabbed Stephanie Gach and
killed other women are available to anyone who wants to
read them on the Internet. Many of the writings were put
there by a one-time pen pal and admirer of Trawick's.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-01-13-killer-taunts-online_x.htm

New anti-spam laws fail to bite
E-mail users on both sides of the Atlantic hoping for a
legislative reprieve from spam are feeling let down.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/12/spam.continues/index.html

The Broadband Home of the Future
With almost 23 million households sporting high-speed,
always-on Internet connections, the broadband home of the
future makes every room the center of the networked world.
 http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.01/wiredhome_1.html

Powell Seeks Reversal Of Profanity Ruling
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K.
Powell asked his four fellow commissioners Tuesday to
overturn a heavily criticized agency ruling that found a
profanity uttered on network television by rock-and-roller
Bono was not indecent.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14369-2004Jan13.html

Web opens up for learning disabled
New software that will make websites accessible to people
with learning difficulties will go on sale later this year.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3379547.stm

Kazaa Delivers More Than Tunes
Forty-five percent of the executable files downloaded
through Kazaa, the most popular file-sharing program,
contain malicious code like viruses and Trojan horses,
according to a new study.
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,61852,00.html

Kazaa could filter copyrighted music

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4123727

Kazaa Can Block Downloads, But Won't -Porn Firm
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4119836

.uk - Music industry targets song swappers
The UK music industry will sue Internet song swappers
unless they stop putting their music collections online for
others to download, says a top music official.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4123933

Leader: 'Grey import' row smacks of desperation
The news this week that Amazon.com may be investigated by
the British Phonographic Industry for shipping cheaper
overseas CDs to British customers is just the latest
example of the music and film industry's failure to adapt
to the changes that the internet and new technology has
brought about.

http://www.silicon.com/networks/webwatch/0,39024667,39117713,00.htm

.nz - Russians hit Westpac in internet bank scam
Internet con artists scammed an Auckland Westpac banking
customer of $3000 and unsuccessfully targeted four more in
New Zealand in the past two weeks.
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2782089a28,00.html

Kodak to stop selling traditional cameras
Eastman Kodak says it will stop selling traditional film
cameras in the United States, Canada and Western Europe,
another move by the photography company to cut lines with
declining appeal in favour of fast-growing digital
products.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4123748

La página web que simulaba ser del Banco Popular ha sido
cerrada
El Banco Popular ha actuado inmediatamente al descubrir la
presunta estafa a la que estaban siendo sometidos sus
clientes. De este modo el mismo fin de semana en el que
apareció la noticia interpuso una denuncia ante la Unidad
Central de Delitos Telemáticos de la Guardia Civil.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/10739871833727.shtml

La falta de pruebas puede dejar en libertad a un disidente
chino que vertía sus opiniones a través de la Red
Según el Centro por los Derechos Humanos y la Democracia en
China, Ouyang Yi puede recuperar pronto la libertad, ya que
el proceso ha sido devuelto al fiscal por falta de pruebas.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/107390611854358.shtml

One in four Spanish families has Internet
Roughly one in four Spanish families has Internet access at
home and almost one-third of connected households use
high-speed ADSL lines, a survey by the Science and
Technology Ministry has showed.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4123589

.kr - Hackers Crack Cyberspace
The sprawling high-speed network in Korea is the pride of
the nation with more than 10 million households connected
to the broadband Internet, marking the world's highest
penetration rate.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200401/kt2004011219073411800.htm

Old Windows to get a little older
Doing an about-face at the eleventh hour, Microsoft on
Monday decided to extend its support of Windows 98, Windows
98 Second Edition (SE), and Windows Millennium until June
30, 2006 -- support that was scheduled to be phased out
starting this Friday.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/12/HNwin98support_1.html

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