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M'sia govt cancels Net censorship plan
News update Malaysia's prime minister Najib Razak denies previously-confirmed plans to censor Internet content, says country will rely on "existing laws".
Tags: Web sites, Local Government, M'sia, Malaysia, Government, child pornography, Prime Minister, Internet, Web, Web sites
New worm sniffs out child porn
News An e-mail worm that seeks out images of child pornography on PCs and alerts government agencies to positive findings has been released by British hackers intent on cleaning up the Internet.
Worm tracks down child porn
News An e-mail virus that seeks out images of child pornography on systems running Microsoft Windows and alerts government agencies to positive findings, has been released by hackers intent on cleaning up the Internet.
Is censorship the answer?
Blogs Mention the "c" word in Malaysia these days and all hell breaks loose. Censorship is indeed a highly charged word today,...
US govt sets Internet regulation in motion
News Federal Communications Commission votes unanimously to gather data that will be used to determine regulations to keep the Net open.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Commission, Verizon Communications Inc., network, Web sites, Republican, Regulation, Wireless, Broadband
EU committee gives 'file-sharing' law go-ahead
News The Telecoms Package, which still needs to pass a September vote, could have its wording tightened to avoid being used for a copyright crackdown, experts suggest.
Tags: Copyright, Regulations, Law, Amendment, European Parliament, Telecommunications, child pornography, File-sharing, British Broadcasting Corp., professor
Aust police to get hacking powers
News The New South Wales Government plans to empower state police to hack into computers remotely, with PC owners remaining ignorant about these searches for up to three years.
Tags: PC security, Privacy, Police, European Union, computer, remote access, New South Wales Government, electronic communication, child pornography, security company
Net traffic down on first day of Swedish antipiracy law
News The same day the new law goes into effect, Internet traffic is down considerably and five audio book publishers go after an alleged illegal file sharer in court.
Tags: Piracy, Software licensing, Traffic, Audio Book, IP, Swedish Publishers, computer, antipiracy, Wi-Fi, Sweden
Massive online child porn ring broken up
News The arrest of 100 people subscribing to the largest commercial child pornography ring ever discovered in the United States has called into question the assumption that Internet pedophilia is a non-profit-making activity.
Short Take: Web porn leads to hostile workplace--ruling
News Internet pornography created a hostile workplace for Minnesota librarians under an initial ruling Thursday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Report: CompuServe porn sentence reduced
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Hotlines unite for EC crackdown on cybercrime
News The Inhope Association will be launching a new Web site next Wednesday designed to encourage a global crackdown on Internet child pornography.
ISPs must come clean on paedophilia, says U.K. parliament member
News A U.K. Member of Parliament is threatening to name and shame ISPs who don't take steps to prevent their customers accessing child pornography online, but should Web access be regulated in this way?
Tags: Regulations, Politics
Can hackers help stop child porn on the Net?
News The Internet isn't just for porn anymore. Unfortunately, a lot of people haven't gotten this message
Canadian laws to protect kids from online stalkers, porn
News The Canadian federal government this week made good on a pledge to create new laws that could protect children from online stalkers and reduce Internet trade in child pornography.
