From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Tue Jan 11 01:45:59 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA127312; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 01:45:58 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA127308 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 01:45:55 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 22582 invoked by uid 60001); 10 Jan 2000 15:45:54 -0000 Message-ID: <20000110154554.22581.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 02:45:54 EST Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 02:45:54 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: a summary of issues from around the world from QuickLinks To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Hello all Below are a few items from the latest edition of QuickLinks. QuickLinks is a list of links to news items about legal and regulatory aspects of Internet and the information society, particularly those relating to information content, and market and technology. QuickLinks consists of: * a free newsletter appearing approximately once a week. The newsletter is distributed by electronic mail through an "announcement only" mailing list. To be included on the mailing list, either fill out the form at http://www.qlinks.net or send an email to quicklinkshtml-subscribe@eGroups.com (HTML)or quicklinks - subscribe@eGroups.com (Text) * a Web site with frequent updates, an events page, news items organised by category as well as chronologically by issue and full text search. Cheers David Computer crime * Telenor Nextel tapte i Høyesterett (Aftenposten/NTB in Norwegian) The Norwegian Supreme Court confirmed that the Telecommunications Act of 1995 allows ISPs to release information to the police about a specific customer under investigation for distributing child pornography. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6375.htm * The Hunt for Cybercrime (New York Times) Auditors from Big Five accounting firms track down embezzlers, computer hackers, money launderers, shady stock promoters and other white-collar criminals. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6355.htm * Ireland - Man gets jail for Internet libel (The Irish Times) A man who spread Internet messages alleging one of his former teachers was a paedophile has been jailed for 2½ years. He sent the messages to Internet bulletin sites and by email to another teacher in his former school. It was the first case of its kind to come before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6378.htm * Netherlands - Dutch Town Launches Pedophile Tracking on the Web (Reuters) A Web site pinpointing areas where former child sex offenders are living will be launched in the eastern Dutch town of Enschede this month. The brainchild of the Foundation for Registering Traced Pedophiles, whose acronym STROP also means "noose" in Dutch, it will notify concerned parents if a released sex offender has returned to his old neighborhood. see also Test uw buurt op pedoseksuelen (NRC Handelsblad) and Tracking-System findet verurteilte Pädophile (Spiegel online). http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6304.htm * USA - Ex-Student to Get New Trial in Internet Sex-Assault Case (New York Times) An appellate court ordered a new trial for a graduate student who was convicted in 1998 of kidnapping, torturing and sexually abusing a student he had met over the Internet, on the grounds that the judge had wrongly refused to admit imto evidence e-mails which she had sent him before the alleged offence. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6373.htm * USA - Patrick Naughton faces retrial (ZDNN) Former Infoseek executive Patrick Naughton faces a retrial on charges that he traveled across state lines to solicit sex with a minor and used the Internet to set up the meeting following the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judgement overturning the constitutionality of a portion of the Child Pornography Prevention Act. see also Exec gets bail on porn charges (Mercury News) . http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6299.htm Consumer protection * Consumer complaints made to OFTEL (OFTEL) For the first time, OFTEL is publishing details on the complaints made by the public to OFTEL about individual telecoms companies. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6390.htm * Online share-trading case sparks controversy (FT) The case against Tokyo Joe, the New York-based online stock picker who was sued by US regulators, has triggered a legal controversy surrounding one of the murkier areas of internet law. it may help set clear parameters for potentially fraudulent acts by amateur, unlicensed stock advisers on the internet. If taken to the courts, the case may also come down to a clash between First Amendment protections of speech and securities regulations in the new world of online investing and advisement. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6291.htm Content regulation * EFA moves Web site to US (Newswire) Vocal online civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has moved its Web site to the United States, two weeks before the introduction of Australia's Internet censorship laws. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6381.htm * McCain Plays Net Porn Card (computer currents) Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain is airing a television advertisement in South Carolina that among other things hails the senator's long-standing fight against Internet pornography. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6318.htm * Web Sites Bloom in China, and Are Weeded (New York Times) With the ambivalent blessing of the government, locally produced Web sites and chat rooms have spread rapidly here in the last two years, giving China's estimated seven million Internet users a forum for public debate and discussion - even a degree of dissent - that previously was unavailable. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6369.htm * USA - ACLU Sues Over Y2K Flick (Newsbytes) The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the FBI and the Justice Department for allegedly suppressing a Web-based film that predicts a riot in Times Square on New Year's Eve. see also USA - FBI's Shutter Speed (Village Voice) and ACLU Sues U.S. for Filmmakers, Web Host Over Suppressed Web Film (Law News Network). http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6308.htm * USA - Bill Would Outlaw Internet Drug Information (APBnews.com) The days of ordering bongs and pipes and other drug paraphernalia online, getting information on the medical uses of marijuana or instructions on growing hemp may go up in smoke if lawmakers have their way. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6404.htm * USA - Judge Strikes Law Against Online Sex Info to Minors (The Recorder/Cal Law) A California judge declared unconstitutional a Penal Code section that makes it illegal to transmit sexual material over the Internet if the person sending the information knows the recipient is a minor. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6335.htm Electronic commerce * Attorneys General Object to Law Regulating Online Transactions (New Jersey Law Journal) Opponents of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, or UCITA, say it favors big business at the expense of consumers and small businesses. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6342.htm * Electronic commerce in the global information society (RAPID) EU - Canada joint statement. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6396.htm * Global e-commerce law comes under the spotlight (FT) Commerce is global. Law, for the most part, is not. But never has this truth caused greater uncertainty than now, as global business clashes with local and national law in the borderless new world of electronic commerce. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6372.htm * ITU to take stand on global ecommerce regulations (silicon.com) The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is positioning itself to take a central role in regulating worldwide ecommerce. see also High-level experts recommend framework for ITU's role in authentication for e-commerce (Press Release). http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6401.htm * USA - Attorneys General Target Web Sales of Imported Cigarettes to Minors (E-Commerce Law Weekly) 13 attorneys general took action to stop Internet sites from selling bidis, flavored cigarettes from India to minors,in one case using a sting operation conducted by children using undercover names and credit cards provided by the attorney general's office. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6286.htm * White House Wants to Give Feds Authority Over Online Pharmacies (Law News Network) The Clinton Administration announced a proposed new initiative to protect consumers from the illegal sale of pharmaceuticals over the Internet. See also US: FDA may monitor internet drugs sales (FT). http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6326.htm Electronic democracy * USA - Call for FEC to leave individual political speech on the Internet alone (CDT) Organizations from across the political spectrum have submitted a joint statement to the Federal Election Commission urging it to refrain from regulating political speech of individuals on the Internet. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6282.htm Employment and social issues * Employers Crack Down on Personal Internet Use (New York Law Journal) More and more employers, concerned that uncontrolled Internet usage is reducing employee productivity, clogging up network traffic and creating potential liability for sexual harassment and other suits, are beginning to implement policies to monitor and restrict employees' Web usage at work. see also Cyberveillance at work (CNNfn). http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6336.htm Information society and Internet policy * China to limit internet foreign stakes (FT) China will limit foreign participation in its internet service providers (ISP) to 50 per cent, its minister of information industry has announced. see also China Will Scrutinize Internet (AP). http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6301.htm * Les internautes français ont rendez-vous à Autrans (AFP) Face à la déferlante internet, qui a déjà conquis en France quelque 5 millions d'utilisateurs, la petite station familiale d'Autrans, près de Grenoble, accueille pour la quatrième fois, de jeudi à samedi, les internautes français de la première heure. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6302.htm * Predicting the Legal Internet Issues for 2000 (New York Times) Cyber Law Journal asked a group of legal mavens to predict the two or three most significant developments in Internet law and policy for 2000. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6332.htm * Taking Up the Fight Against the Digital Divide (New York Times) Efforts to bridge the so-called digital divide, the low rate of Internet use among the poor and minority groups, has been pushed to the front of the Clinton administration'sagenda. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6402.htm * USA - Net founders seek clearer Net policy (CNET News.com) Policymakers proposing Internet regulation must settle on a solid definition for today's Internet or face increased confusion as the technology matures, Internet Policy Institute, a high-profile Internet think tank warned. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6339.htm * USA - States to Consider Flurry of Internet Bills (New York Times) The Internet Alliance predicts that there will be more than 2,000 Internet-related bills to be considered by state legislatures during 2000. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6330.htm Protection of minors * New Website on advertising and children (AEF) The Advertising Education Forum (AEF) is a non-profit organisation for all parties interested in issues relating to advertising and children in Europe. The AEF provides a neutral forum in which the advertising issues may be discussed and in which constructive dialogue is achieved. AEF provides academic and scientific data on advertising and children and serves as a centre for research on the issue. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6388.htm Rating and filtering * Germany - Filterprogramme bringen es nicht (Spiegel) Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium hat eine Studie zu dem Thema "Jugendschutz und Filtertechnologien im Internet" vorgelegt. Während technische Tests die Unzulänglichkeit der Filterprogramme belegen, hält die Politik am Einsatz der Programme fest. http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem6338.htm ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _______________________________________________________________ This year, Santa's bringing you Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping - http://au.shopping.yahoo.com * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Tue Jan 11 04:45:14 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id EAA73764; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 04:45:13 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id EAA73760 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 04:45:10 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 27902 invoked by uid 60001); 10 Jan 2000 18:45:08 -0000 Message-ID: <20000110184508.27901.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 05:45:08 EST Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 05:45:08 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: a couple of papers To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Hi all A couple of papers, one on copyright, the second on support for first party rating from a study commissioned by a German government department, but it is in German! Cheers David a) http://www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/1999/osp/pdf/osp_lia3.pdf - a paper presented to WIPO forum on ISP liability for copyright b) Jugendschutz und Filtertechnologien im Internet http://www.secorvo.de/publikat/juschutz.htm a 160-page study commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economy - recommends a voluntary first-party rating system backed up by an infrastructure to make available one or more sets of categories, distribute filtering and mark-up software and administer an authentication system based on digital signatures . ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _______________________________________________________________ This year, Santa's bringing you Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping - http://au.shopping.yahoo.com * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Thu Jan 13 00:03:17 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA105727; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 00:03:17 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id AAA105721 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 00:03:11 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 21480 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Jan 2000 14:03:08 -0000 Message-ID: <20000112140308.21479.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:03:08 EST Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:03:08 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: European Parliament Internet Group launch To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Hi all The European Parliament seems to be seriously considering issues dealing with the Internet and are setting up a discussion forum for Internet issues. See below or http://www.eping.org/home.htm for more information. Cheers David European Parliament Internet Group launch 19 January 2000 - Strasbourg, France A new discussion forum for Internet issues will be launched at the January plenary session of the European Parliament. It is a joint initiative of Euro-MPs Diana WALLIS (ELDR), Glynn FORD (PES) and Johannes VOGGENHUBER (Greens/EFA) and the Internet industry and interest groups. The aim of the forum is to enhance understanding of online technology issues in the Parliament, with as much cross-party input as possible. Commissioner Liikanen is among the speakers. ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _______________________________________________________________ Have you tried Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping - http://au.shopping.yahoo.com * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Thu Jan 13 21:42:53 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA72119; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:42:52 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA72096 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:42:48 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 16505 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Jan 2000 11:42:46 -0000 Message-ID: <20000113114246.16504.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 22:42:46 EST Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 22:42:46 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: The Times - Welcome to the world of Net racists To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Hi all A story from The Times on the growing number of 'hate' sites available online. Cheers David Welcome to the world of Net racists Hate sites are proliferating on the Net as extremist groups target a global audience. BBC reporter Julie Etchingham met two of the most notorious men on the Web http://www.sunday-times.co.uk:80/news/pages/tim/2000/01/13/timfeafea02004.html?999 There is a new urban myth doing the rounds in some American schools. While researching a project on the weather, a child entered the word "stormfront" on his Internet search engine. Instead of being connected to the type of material that he was expecting, up flashed the opening page of one of the most vilified websites on the Internet. Stormfront is regarded by many as the original American hate site. It was set up in 1995 by Don Black - a former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, who has given up the hood for a keyboard to spread his message of white separatism. He first turned to computers after a spell in prison, where he had been serving a sentence for plotting to overthrow a Caribbean island to set up an all-white state. He now lives in a modest home, set back from the glamour of the waterfront, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Surprisingly, he accepted our request to film him there. Black, who describes himself as a white nationalist, is banned from entering the UK for fear that his views will incite public disorder. His eyes light up when talking of the power that the Internet has given him and his cause. "The news and entertainment media no longer has a monopoly on content. People can access our ideas without any filtering. Ten years ago our access to the public was limited - handout leaflets, tabloid newspapers. The mainstream news media frequently distorted our views, but now we have the opportunity to reach millions of people." Log on to the website and you are likely to be told that you are one of hundreds to have visited that day. A full-screen symbol of a Celtic cross emblazoned with the slogan White Pride World Wide takes a few seconds to download. Alongside it, a list of options connecting youth essays on racial determination; a range of Nazi graphics; link pages to other extremist sites and to a "whites-only" dating agency. There are discussion rooms and chat pages. But perhaps most disturbing of all is the link to Stormfront for Kids. Black's son, 12, runs Stormfront for Kids, which mixes games with tracts on white separatism It is run by Black's 12-year-old son, who doesn't go to school because his father believes that the multicultural approach there is damaging. While we interviewed his father, he tapped quietly at his Web pages. He talks to interested visitors to the site about race. There are ordinary games to download, as well as complex tracts about white separatism. It is these types of sites, aimed at children, that are causing most concern. Black's defence is that they tell the truth as they see it. "If parents are offended by that, then I'm sorry, but then they should keep their kids away.We believe that every race has the right to its own selfdetermination, and we believe we have that same right." Black says that he does not advocate violence, and that he monitors his chat rooms to make sure that those contributing to discussions don't either. Our second interview with one of the most notorious men on the Web took us to the mountains of West Virginia. Hillsboro is a quiet village in the foothills, but the FBI keeps a close watch on it because of one of its residents - Dr William Pierce. Pierce is a former US Nazi Party officer in his late sixties. He runs an organisation called the National Alliance, regarded by many as the most dangerous far-Right group in America. He is also author of The Turner Diaries, which glorifies a violent global Aryan uprising. Dr Pierce lives in a steel-covered office block hidden among the hillsides. The door was locked behind us as we entered. We were filmed while filming our interview. The National Alliance website is full of Pierce's essays and transcripts of his twice-weekly radio broadcasts, whose message is that multiculturalism has ruined America. The Internet is giving him an invaluable means of communicating his ideas. "Probably 60 percent of our handling of the public is by the Internet, and all that has occurred in the past five years. I expect that to grow in the future. I anticipate that in the next year we will see full-screen, full-motion video on the Internet, and I hope that we'll be able to take full advantage of that." Pierce holds the opinion that the Jewish community is to blame for America's ills and that it has the monopoly of power in government and in the media. "They would like to be the only ones to determine what public opinion is and what is presented to the public. I would like to be a little harsh with them and they might then have some difficulty in pouring spiritual poison into our people." His response to the suggestion that the material on his website may one day be curbed is sinister."I'm a peace-loving man. I've been a teacher all my life - and I would like to continue doing things the way I'm doing them, trying to think about the really important issues that are facing us as a people today and comment on those in a way that will help people to clarify their thoughts on those matters. If the Government forbids me to do this, then we will address the problems we are facing by other means. And it will be a good deal less peaceful than it is now." There are an estimated 500 extremist websites on the Internet in America, giving vent to the full spectrum of hate. Those who design them wrap themselves in the comfort of the First Amendment right to free speech. Unless the material can be proved to threaten a person's safety, almost anything goes. It rarely fails to shock. One civil rights organisation has attempted to buy up names of websites that could potentially be used by extremist groups. The Jewish-based Anti-Defamation League has bought a range of website names that incorporate racist slang so they can lie dormant rather than be activated into hate-site addresses. The organisation also offers filtering software for parents who want to screen out extremist material on their home computers. Jordan Kessler works at the ADL's headquarters in New York, monitoring racist websites. "The people who are posting this kind of information are looking for vulnerable minds. Different groups market their information to different constituencies. Some may be looking for blue-collar Middle America; others for a more intellectual right-wing audience. Others target children and teenagers - luring them with cartoons and games. Racist skinheads target young people with racist rock music. "There is an entire electronic community of hate being created day by day. It really is a tremendous outreach effort." This development has a knock-on effect on other countries. It is just as easy to view a website such as Stormfront in the UK as it is in America. "In effect the US legal system has provided a free haven for haters. There are even sites hosted in America that are written in foreign languages precisely to appeal to countries where that propaganda may be banned. Similarly, there are websites hosted abroad that offer translations in English just to let hate groups in America know they are there. "There are increasing ties between extremists here in the US and in the UK. It's easy for someone to communicate with far-Right groups in England, the National Front in France, or skinheads in Germany. And encryption means that their messages may not always be traced," says Kessler. It is a problem to which the British Government is now alert. Although the number of extremist sites hosted in the UK is tiny compared with the US, they are a challenge for regulators. There is legislation, such as the Public Order Act, which could be brought to bear on racist content, but the practicalities of implementing it are tricky. At the moment the emphasis is very much on self-regulation. For the past three years Internet service providers in the UK have been funding an organisation called the Internet Watch Foundation. It is an independent body, originally set up to monitor child pornography, which gets much of its information via a telephone hotline. And after a DTI report on its workings, the IWF has recently been encouraged to extend its remit to cover extremist websites and to liaise with the Home Office and the police. Its new chairman, Roger Darlington, highlights the difficulties. "In many cases these websites touch the boundary of legality and don't actually go over. What we want to do is to provide a degree of protection in the voluntary sense - which is why we are working with other Internet bodies around the world to develop common ratings systems and to promote filtering software to stop children from coming across race-hate material." Public appetite for regulation of the Internet varies widely across the globe. In the UK it seems that the way forward will lie in the middle ground between legislation and self-regulation. But the Internet's ability to transcend national borders and legal systems means the challenge will inevitably be a global one. Hate on the Net is broadcast today and tomorrow on Breakfast News, BBC1, at 8.15am ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _______________________________________________________________ Have you tried Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping - http://au.shopping.yahoo.com * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Fri Jan 14 12:45:12 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA117606; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:45:12 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail3.ntu.edu.sg (mail3.ntu.edu.sg [155.69.1.91]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA117600 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:45:10 +1000 (EST) Received: by mail3.ntu.edu.sg with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:44:54 +0800 Message-ID: <1DD1B50DBE02D311909900805FA7424B883FBF@EXCHANGE5> From: "Ang Peng Hwa (Assoc Prof)" To: APPLe Subject: RE: The Times - Welcome to the world of Net racists Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:44:46 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Is The Net Special For Hate Groups One of the questions that must come to mind when an article like this appears is whether there are special characteristics about the Net that distinguish it as a medium from the traditional mass media. I think the answer is "yes." Long story first: last summer (in the European sense), I went to visit a castle in Germany. Standing outside were three guys with backpacks and no shoes or sandals or socks-barefooted. So, being a curious kind of guy, I walked up to talk to them-what's up. I noticed one of them had a T-shirt bare-footers.org. Turns out that they did visit such a site and in fact they were members of something called the Dirty Sole Society who had met up through that site. They were a Dutch, a German and an Austrian. Their common interest is to walk around everywhere barefoot. ("It's good for the back." "I sleep very well.") Sandals and slippers are formal wear. They estimated that there are perhaps 400 of them. And they said they could only have met thru' the Net. One of the powers of the Net is to aggregate such small groups into a sizeable enough group. Going by specific geographic locations, they would be very small in number. But worldwide at 400 identifiable T-shirt-wearing numbers, they become interesting. This kind of aggregation is happening for child-porn and, coming to the case at hand, hate speech. Are the sites dangerous, as the FBI seem to suggest? Well, perhaps. I just read an article looking at the phenomenon of "group polarisation." The idea is that when you have two opposing groups, moderate members who join each group move towards the positions adopted by the group. That is, someone who is Pro-position A becomes even more so after joining the A group. It's apparently been borne out by some research but as you know, human behaviour is never 100% predictable. (The troubling aspect of this, and the author draws attention to it, is what it means for democratic discussion on the Net. Does it mean that the Net will actually create more polarisation-more heat, not necessarily more light?) I do not think the marketplace of ideas notion would work on these hate groups. No point telling them that Silicon Valley is thriving precisely because of multicultural inputs; or that Einstein was voted Man of the Century. In this context, it seems like not so much the failure of markets as the failure of the customer. Regards, Ang Peng Hwa -----Original Message----- From: David Goldstein [mailto:goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 7:43 PM To: APPLe Subject: The Times - Welcome to the world of Net racists Hi all A story from The Times on the growing number of 'hate' sites available online. Cheers David Welcome to the world of Net racists Hate sites are proliferating on the Net as extremist groups target a global audience. BBC reporter Julie Etchingham met two of the most notorious men on the Web http://www.sunday-times.co.uk:80/news/pages/tim/2000/01/13/timfeafea02004.ht ml?999 [material deleted] * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Sat Jan 15 02:51:09 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA116337; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 02:51:08 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id CAA116333 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 02:51:06 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 10156 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Jan 2000 16:51:04 -0000 Message-ID: <20000114165104.10155.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:51:03 EST Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:51:03 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: Wired - Aussies Bid Adieu to Web Smut To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Hi All A story from Wired about the effects of the online legislation in Australia. Cheers David Aussies Bid Adieu to Web Smut by Stewart Taggart http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33627,00.html 7:50 a.m. 13.Jan.2000 PST SYDNEY, Australia -- The first legally binding government orders to remove sexually explicit Internet content from Australian Web servers could be issued within days, officials say. The action will mark the first real manifestation of the strength of Australia's new Online Content Law, which grants the government the power to force removal of sexually explicit or violent material from Australian Web content hosts. The controversial law, believed to be one of the most far-reaching content control measures in the world -- went into effect 1 January, giving the Australian Broadcasting Authority the role of acting upon public complaints about allegedly offensive Internet content. While the ABA has received fewer than 10 complaints thus far, the ABA believes at least two of them involve online material likely to draw ratings of X (Sexually Explicit) or RC (Refused Classification) from the nation's Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), said Stephen Nugent, the ABA's special projects manager in charge of implementing the regulations. As such, the ABA is planning to issue an "interim take down" notice to the content hosts once the ABA officially submits the sites to the OFLC for a content rating, which is based on existing rating systems for books and movies. Once the content hosts receive the interim take down notices, they'll have until 6 p.m. the following business day to take the material off their Web servers or face fines of roughly US$18,000 per day. For its part, the OFLC could make an official ratings determination on the content within days of the submission ­ depending on how much other outstanding work it has, Nugent said. In issuing the interim take down notices, the ABA could also issue a separate "special take down notice" prohibiting the content creator or content host from substituting similar content in place of the content in the interim take down notice. However, Nugent said no decision had been made yet whether such a course would be warranted in these initial cases. In the coming weeks and months, the ABA will be looking to build a body of precedent, so content creators and hosts in Australia won't be left in ambiguous limbo about the new law's constraints on their behavior, Nugent said. While Nugent wouldn't go into much detail about the complaints received thus far, he did say at least one of them didn't appear to be serious. He said the small number of complaints thus far may be due mostly to the fact that Australia is still at the height of the summer vacation period, and many people's eyes may be more focused on building sandcastles than ferreting out smut. A more representative sample of community complaints about allegedly offensive Internet content could take a while to emerge, he said. As the ABA takes action, it's unlikely to release the specific names or Web addresses of sites in order to avoid granting them unnecessary publicity. "Our aim instead would be to report on the overall outcome of investigations, and the status and number of complaints referred for classification," Nugent said. Australia's new law was passed last year. It's being promoted by the Australian government as a progressive program to meet community concerns, and criticized by online rights activists as a major step toward curbing online civil liberties. At its heart is a complaints-driven system under which the ABA can, ­ at its discretion, ­ follow up written submissions about Internet content filed through its Web site, or by mail or fax. The system aims to apply, in general terms, the same standards applied to movies and books to online content. Under the law, online content deemed X or RC can be ordered removed from Australian servers. Similar material housed overseas is the responsibility --­ but not the obligation -- of individual Web surfers to screen out using any one of 16 filtering software packages approved by the government. Australian ISPs are required to make the software available to subscribers but are under no legal obligation to ensure filtering software is installed. R-rated material housed in Australia, and subjected to complaints, must instill a means of adult verification before granting access. There are no restrictions on content deemed R that is housed overseas. ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _______________________________________________________________ Have you tried Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping - http://au.shopping.yahoo.com * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Sat Jan 15 02:56:22 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA133314; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 02:56:22 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id CAA116596 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 02:56:19 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 11392 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Jan 2000 16:56:18 -0000 Message-ID: <20000114165618.11391.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:56:18 EST Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:56:18 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: Wired - McCain Goes With the Offensive (USA) To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Hello all again Some of how the US is dealing with legislation for the Internet in the run-up to the election this year. Cheers David McCain Goes With the Offensive by Declan McCullagh http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33473,00.html 3:00 a.m. 8.Jan.2000 PST John McCain, the anti-porn president? That's how the Republican senator from Arizona wants to be known. A television ad that began airing this week in South Carolina features a local congressman touting McCain's pro-life and anti-porn record, saying the presidential hopeful "voted to take pornography off the Internet." That's true, of course. McCain chairs the powerful Senate Commerce Committee and backed a law that restricts sexually explicit material online. But what the ad didn't say was that a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled the Child Online Protection Act violated the First Amendment. In February 1999, US District Judge Lowell A. Reed struck down the COPA -- the sequel to the Communications Decency Act -- saying it threatened Americans' free speech rights. PRESIDENTAL PORN: Bruce Taylor is worried about two things nowadays: Pornography and Democrats, and not necessarily in that order. The conservative activist and veteran of countless court battles with the ACLU and "porn-peddlers" is keeping an eye on the presidential race, and is getting as jittery as Larry Flynt near a Christian Coalition convention. "We've been in informal contact with people who work for the candidates," says Taylor, who is president of the National Law Center for Children and Families. "They know we would like them to strengthen obscenity laws and other laws that protect children." Taylor is a little unsure about publisher Steve Forbes' commitment to ridding the Net of public prurience, but doesn't have any problems with the rest of the GOP candidates. "I'm more afraid of the Democratic candidates only because I think they'll appoint liberal judges," he says. "I'm more interested in the candidate who will interpret laws in favor of law enforcement instead of pornography syndicates. Bradley and Gore are not in favor [of that] and that's too bad." It's always difficult to tell whether a new government program is designed to serve the public interest or to build an expensive fiefdom for aspiring bureaucrats to rule. SAFETY SHIELD OR BOONDOGGLE? Take this week's announcement by President Clinton that he would propose spending US$2.03 billion on computer security in his 2001 budget request next month. That's up from $1.75 billion in the 2000 fiscal year. And that's drawing the ire of at least one devout conservative on Capitol Hill. "I share your concern about the need to protect American lives and property from terrorist attack. However, I cannot support such a large funding request without guarantees that it is truly necessary and will not result in a system that threatens the privacy of American citizens," Rep. Bob Barr (R-Georgia) wrote to Clinton in a letter sent Friday. Barr was thinking about a controversial plan that critics say will conduct ongoing surveillance of the Internet. The idea is that the Federal Intrusion Detection Network will track suspicious activities and possible online attacks, though the Justice Department has said it "currently" has plans only to monitor government sites. JUSTIFYING YOUR EXISTENCE: What's a poor legislator to do when the Y2K committee he chairs becomes irrelevant? Answer: Invent new reasons for it to stick around. On Friday, Senator Robert Bennett (R-Utah) cautiously applauded Clinton's budget-boost designed to head off "cyber-terrorism" attacks. "This plan is a good first step toward defending the United States against 21st-century threats," Bennett said. The explanation: Bennett is chairman of the Senate's special year 2000 committee, and now that the glitch has fizzled, he's casting about for something else that will grab headlines. Bennett appears to have settled on information warfare and hacker attacks. When Bennett visited Network Solutions last year (Wired News accompanied him), instead of quizzing the company's chief technologist about potential Y2K snafus, he wanted to know how secure the servers were. Then, in a press release this week, Bennett noted that "the Senate Y2K Committee held a hearing and issued reports on information attacks during its two-year study of high-tech vulnerabilities in US utilities...." Just don't be surprised if the committee manages to reinvent itself under a different name. WEED WEB SITES: Last summer we told you about a plan to rid the Net of weed Web sites. A bill in Congress bans online discussion of the use of unapproved drugs and even restricts links to such sites. At the time -- August 1999 -- it wasn't clear how successful the Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act would be. It had only a few sponsors, and it was vying for space in a crowded legislative calendar. No longer. The bill has passed the Senate and now will be debated in the House. The House version, HR 2987, has been referred to two subcommittees and immediate action is a long shot. But opponents are still in a huff. "This bill would allow the Feds to pressure our US distributors to not carry our magazine, which would cost us about half our distribution," says Dana Larsen of cannabisculture.com. "It would also threaten many Web sites, including those like amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com, both of which carry hundreds of pro-pot books." HOME WRECKING: Washington was abuzz this week with news that the Occupational Safety and Health Association said employers should be in part responsible for their employees' home offices. The Labor Department soon backpedaled from the idea in response to public outcry, but some critics are still suspicious. First, they said, the policy may technically still be in force. Second, according to a note from the never-saw-a-regulation-they-liked folks at the Competitive Enterprise Institute: "It is likely that OSHA will continue to pursue the policies outlined in the advisory. The concerned voices that demanded the letter be rescinded should be watchful of the agency in the months ahead." ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _______________________________________________________________ Have you tried Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping - http://au.shopping.yahoo.com * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Sat Jan 15 03:05:08 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA117037; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:05:06 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA117032 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:05:04 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 13020 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Jan 2000 17:05:02 -0000 Message-ID: <20000114170502.13019.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 04:05:02 EST Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 04:05:02 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: Tim Berners-Lee interview To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Hi all >From an interview with Tim Berners-Lee in Internet World. The full interview is available online at http://www.internetworldnews.com/idx_article.asp?inc=010100/1.01Interview&issue=. Cheers David IW: What role does the government have to play in the Web and the Internet, if any? Berners-Lee: Well, it's very easy to say that first of all, it should get out of the way, but that kind of ignores the fact that there are some places where you need governments. You need governments where there is something that must be managed on behalf of the whole population. So for example, the DNS [Domain Name System] space. The whole DNS debacle was, for example, a lack of governing statute for the root of the Domain Name System. The domain system is a single, very valuable resource. When American government decided they'd move it over to industry, they were ignoring the fact that this was like giving the control of the dollar, the currency, to industry. When you have something as fundamental as that, then you have to really make sure that the government's for the people, by the people. And I hope that whatever comes out of this ICANN [Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers] system eventually will do that. Then it will be very boring again. Because generally, the government's something that has to be very slow, bureaucratic, and boring, because it's not where the action is. That's just the infrastructure. There's a certain amount of consumer protection. I believe in consumer protection. I'm a European. In Europe, there are data protection laws. I feel America does not have enough protection of privacy. There's always the battle of the consumers vs. the corporation. The consortium has a P3P [Platform for Privacy Preferences] project for negotiating privacy between a client and a server. But if you think about a site that is going to abuse privacy by sampling your information, finding out really what you like, selling it to people who you wouldn't want to know that sort of information - we have all the technology in the world. But if a rogue site doesn't use it, there should be some legislation to make a default that you must respect privacy, I feel. Then, if the default is that privacy is to be respected, then you can negotiate and you can agree to give away certain details in return for getting a lot better advertising, better service, but you'll be able to know where you go. ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _______________________________________________________________ Have you tried Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping - http://au.shopping.yahoo.com * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Sat Jan 15 03:08:21 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA117212; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:08:21 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA117208 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:08:18 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 13771 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Jan 2000 17:08:15 -0000 Message-ID: <20000114170815.13770.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 04:08:15 EST Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 04:08:15 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: IWF news release - new chair To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk And the last one today as my time at IWF comes to an end. A news release annoucing the new chair of IWF. Cheers David IWF PRESS RELEASE http://www.iwf.org.uk/press/press.html The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has appointed Roger Darlington as its new independent Chair. The IWF is an independent self-regulation body funded by the UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs). For three years it has operated a highly regarded hotline for reporting and dealing with illegal content, particularly child pornography. It has also played a leading role internationally in the development of rating and filtering techniques to restrict access to content that might harm children. Following a review of its role and performance by the DTI and Home Office, IWF has extended its remit and structure. The results include expanding its hotline activities to cover criminal racist content, developing its education and awareness activities and the appointment of an independent Chair. Roger Darlington will work about four days a month for the IWF and retain his full-time post as Head of Research at the Communication Workers Union. Roger will be giving a short interview on extremism on the Net on BBC1 at 8.15 am on Friday 14 January. This follows a meeting with the Home Office Minister Lord Bassam the previous afternoon (Thursday 13 January). Roger Darlington is 51, married with a son. He obtained a degree in Management Sciences from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology before spending six years working in the House of Commons, the Northern Ireland Office and the Home Office as a Research Assistant and Political Adviser. For the past 21 years, he has worked for the CWU as a researcher, negotiator, policy analyst, international officer, and - for the past five years - Head of Research. His work involves analysing and advising on technological, regulatory and social developments in the communications industry and he has a particular interest in the impact of the Internet. Before the General Election, he was a member of the Labour Party's Policy Forum on the Information Superhighway and, since the election, he has worked closely with Ministers and officials in a number of areas of communications policy. ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _______________________________________________________________ Have you tried Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping - http://au.shopping.yahoo.com * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Sat Jan 15 03:50:33 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA119182; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:50:32 +1000 (EST) Received: from stmpy.cais.net (stmpy.cais.net [199.0.216.101]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA119137 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 03:49:24 +1000 (EST) Received: from [209.8.101.147] (tgi147.i95.net [209.8.101.147]) by stmpy.cais.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA02206 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:49:12 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: vir1015@pop.cais.com Message-Id: Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:47:22 -0500 To: apple@apnic.net From: Bram Dov Abramson Subject: iso telegeographers Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Dear APPLErs, Hope noone minds me de-lurking for a moment to post the following (below) ... cheers Bram - - v Positions at TeleGeography (1) TeleGeography is a research group specializing in international network topology, traffic flow, and emerging industry structures. We're looking for someone smart, creative, and intellectually curious to join us as an Internet research analyst / developer. To be comfortable in this role, you'll need to know your way around Linux, speak fluent Perl, and understand TCP/IP from bottom to top. Routing clue would be helpful, and a visualization or geomatics background is a plus. More importantly, though, you're someone who learns quickly and works independently, who enjoys thinking about what Internet globalization means, and who thinks maps are pretty cool. Projects will include developing and deploying measurement tools, contributing primary and secondary research, and creating reports and graphics that analyze what's happening and why it matters. This is a new and growing part of what we do, and your ideas will have substantial impact on future activities in this area. Relaxed and fun atmosphere; competitive salary & benefits. If this sounds like you, please send a cv and a note about yourself to . We are located in Washington DC. (2) TeleGeography is also seeking another Mapmaker / Graphic Designer. Clever mind (and hands) will help set the tone for our visual style, produce global network maps, and spend time creating graphics that are clear, explanatory, and beautiful. An MFA or equivalent experience is essential. Top graphics/layout skills (Quark and Illustrator) are a must. And cartographic or science/medical illustration experience would be great. For a highly motivated person, this is an opportunity to affect how people imagine the information society, and make your mark on the world. If you raise your eyebrows at global telecom ad stylings, argue passionately over media aesthetics, or spend more time bbediting than browsing -- we'd like to hear from you. Interested? Please send a cv and a note about yourself to , to our fax machine (+1 202 467 0851), or to our door (Recruitment, TeleGeography, 1730 Rhode Island Ave NW Suite 400, Washington DC 20036, USA). Relaxed and fun atmosphere; competitive salary & benefits. ^ - - ------------------------------------------------------ Bram Dov Abramson Telecommunication Research Analyst TeleGeography, Inc. babramson@telegeography.com tel +1 202 467 4043 http://www.telegeography.com fax +1 202 467 0851 * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Tue Jan 18 21:01:11 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA90547; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:01:10 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA90531 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:01:07 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 8592 invoked by uid 60001); 18 Jan 2000 11:01:05 -0000 Message-ID: <20000118110105.8591.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 22:01:05 EST Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 22:01:05 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: Independent - Cyber squad set up to tackle computer crime... and other stories To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Hi all Below are a couple of stories, one about the setting up of a national computer crime squad to tackle 'the growing problem of hackers (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Digital/Features/2000-01/cybersquad170100.shtml ), Internet fraudsters and pornography' and another about an Internet conference focuses on safeguarding privacy (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Digital/Update/2000-01/internet180100.shtml ). There is a series of articles titled 'Planet porn' which examine 'the arguments surrounding the pornography boom' at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Media. And a story about the top 100 searches called 'Forget sex and drugs. Surfers are searching for rock'n'roll as the Net finally grows up' is available at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Digital/Update/2000-01/netgrowsup180100.shtml, and the list is available at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Digital/Update/2000-01/netgrowsuplist180100.shtml. These are all from The Independent newspaper. Cheers David Cyber squad set up to tackle computer crime By Jason Bennetto, Crime Correspondent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Digital/Features/2000-01/cybersquad170100.shtml 17 January 2000 Jack Straw is to set up a national computer crime squad to combat the growing problem of hackers, Internet fraudsters and pornography. The Home Secretary has given the National Criminal Intelligence Service and chief constables £337,000 to draw up a detailed plan for the squad. The team will be used to counter "cyber criminals" who are using computers to commit fraud, launder money, spread pornography and share information about paedophilia, counterfeiting, and hacking. The unit will include technology experts from the private sector, the Inland Revenue, and the police. MI5 and GCHQ the Government's spying centre in Cheltenham, will also provide assistance. Technical analysis, threat assessment and intelligence gathering will take place at the National Criminal Intelligence Service(NCIS) in London, but a separate operational wing may be set up at Scotland Yard. In a letter to NCIS, Mr Straw said that the start up money was "to prepare the ground for the development of a National Computer Crime Unit". "High-tech and computer crime is a growing area which is open to exploitation by criminals, and it is right that NCIS should house the centre of intelligence and expertise to tackle it," he said. The move comes amid reports that police are investigating attempts by British hackers to blackmail multinational companies. One group is alleged to have broken into the computer systems of at least 12 companies, including Visa, to steal confidential files. Roger Gaspar, the Director of Intelligence at NCIS, and David Phillips, the Chief Constable of Kent and head of the Association of Chief Police Officer's crime committee, are drawing up plans for the new unit. NCIS officers are already gathering intelligence on cyber crimes and taking advice from code-breaking experts at the National Security Agency, the American intelligence organisation, and plan to exchange information with the FBI. "The picture is becoming clearer, but no one yet knows the full scale of the problem," an NCIS spokesman said. "Among the crimes we are examining are frauds committed via computers, paedophile and pornographic images, hacking, race-hate sites on the Internet, criminals using encrypted measures to hide information, software piracy, and people breaking into private and corporate bank accounts." ... AND Internet conference focuses on safeguarding privacy By Cliff Edwards http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Digital/Update/2000-01/internet180100.shtml 18 January 2000 Companies are poised to spend billions of dollars to streamline electronic commerce, but the Internet could become a Trojan horse if businesses consumer acceptance of the Web for conducting business and getting entertainment, businesses are shifting their attention to the challenge of securing data transmissions between everything from computer networks to pagers, cellular phones, electronic organizers and automobiles. One of the key questions put forth Monday at the annual RSA Conference on software security was 'How safe is safe?' in an era where few companies - if any - are safe from security breaches and supposedly unbreakable technology, such as the platform for DVDs, is penetrated. ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _______________________________________________________________ Have you tried Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping - http://au.shopping.yahoo.com * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Wed Jan 19 20:49:55 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA92142; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:49:55 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA92133 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:49:51 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 8793 invoked by uid 60001); 19 Jan 2000 10:49:49 -0000 Message-ID: <20000119104949.8792.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:49:49 EST Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:49:49 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: ITC news release - Internet Users Want To Take Responsibility For What They Access, Shows New Research To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Hi all A news release from the Independent Television Commission in the UK which shows Internet users wish to be able to take responsibility for choosing what content they do or do not wish to see. The full news release is available from http://www.itc.org.uk/news/news_releases/show_release.asp?article_id=365 and the report is available in PDF format from a link at the end of the news release or http://www.itc.org.uk/documents/itcinter.pdf. Cheers David 18 January 2000 INTERNET USERS WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT THEY ACCESS, SHOWS NEW RESEARCH http://www.itc.org.uk/news/news_releases/show_release.asp?article_id=365 Concerns about the internet and its content lessen when people learn more about it, according to new research published by the Independent Television Commission, with the support of the Broadcasting Standards Commission, today. As users and potential users became more aware of ways of avoiding access to material which they consider undesirable, either for themselves or for their children, they became more willing to take responsibility for what they view, and feel that the internet does not need to be subject to external content regulation. Many are enthusiastic about the possibilities of the internet, including ease of communication, cheap means of accessing more information and the potential for home shopping. On the other hand, people see dangers too: loss of personal contact, reliability of information, abuse of personal details and a deepening of the division between technology-rich and technology-poor. New research method The research was commissioned to find out what users and potential users of the internet expect in terms of regulation, in order to inform ITC and BSC policies on internet content regulation (see Notes to Editors). A new research method, a citizens' forum, was used for only the second time in the UK. The forum was convened in Birmingham in October last year, with 200 participants aged from 16 to 86, including a booster sample of internet users. Over a day and a half, participants were asked for their views on what kind of regulation, if any, there should be on internet content. To help them decide, expert witnesses representing different points of view presented their case to the forum and took questions. Participants debated the issues in small groups before giving their final views. This method meant that all the participants had the time and opportunity to learn about how the internet operates and discuss the issues. By asking the same questions at the beginning and end of the event, the ITC and BSC were able to see how much people's views changed once they had more information about the subject, and whether new concerns arose, or early worries were dispelled. Regulation and self-regulation Regulation of the internet by a third party became less popular over the course of the forum. Initially, one in seven participants thought that users should regulate themselves, whereas by the end more than half held this view. And this shift in attitudes was reflected in views about the protection of children. At the beginning there was support for some form of external control, but people came to the view that what is needed is software to help parents to supervise their children within the family environment. Views on regulation and control of the internet were not affected by whether material was accessed via the PC or the television. The preferred method of controlling access was rating and filtering, which allows users to make their own choices about suitable material. There was little support for the blocking of material, whether by an internet service provider or by any other agency. Risks associated with the internet Before the forum, the chief risk associated with internet use was that of children accessing unsuitable material (30%), but this fell during the course of the forum to 21%, and was overtaken in importance by the dangers of fraud, including credit card abuse, which rose from 18% at the beginning of the forum to 30% at the end. Concerns about content Antisocial material, such as bomb-making and drug promotion, and abusive material, (e.g. racist) were the two areas causing most concern both before and after the forum. Worries about fraud, including credit card abuse and data protection were also mentioned frequently. Respondents' concerns for children focused on accidental access to abusive and offensive material, particularly pornography. Despite these concerns, participants became more positive about the internet during the course of the forum. Initially, 56% thought the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, but this rose to 67% by the end of the forum. ITC Chief Executive, Peter Rogers, said "I was delighted by the enthusiasm and commitment of forum participants. The results are very encouraging, reinforcing the ITC's view that the way forward is to continue to play a role in informing the public about the ways of protecting children from harmful content which are already available to them, and about new technology which should make this task easier and more effective. The message from this research is that internet users want informed self-regulation and value the work of organisations like the Internet Watch Foundation". A summary of the main findings is attached, as is a glossary of terms used when discussing possible methods of regulating internet content. Copies of the report, Internet Regulation: The Way Forward? by Pam Hanley are available from the ITC Information Office, 33 Foley Street, London W1P 7LB, price £5. ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _______________________________________________________________ Have you tried Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping - http://au.shopping.yahoo.com * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Fri Jan 21 21:07:58 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA128805; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 21:07:58 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA128794 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 21:07:55 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 22904 invoked by uid 60001); 21 Jan 2000 11:07:53 -0000 Message-ID: <20000121110753.22903.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 22:07:53 EST Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 22:07:53 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: about the legislation down under To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Hi all A couple of things. First, a transcript of an interview with the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston on the Triple J Morning Program on Tuesday 18 January 2000 is available at http://www.dcita.gov.au/nsapi-graphics/?MIval=dca_dispdoc&ID=4757&template=Newsroom. Triple J is a national youth network (aimed at 18 to 25s) and is part of the ABC for those not in Australia. The interview deals with the Internet legislation. The second, reproduced below, is an online news story about notice and takedown orders for web sites in Australia as a result of the legislation there. 21 January, 2000 ABA starts cleaning up the Web http://www2.idg.com.au/nwwdb.nsf/nwtoday/AF0E001E342603244A25686C007F894F?OpenDocument By Luisa Bustos SYDNEY - An undisclosed number of locally hosted Websites have been ordered to remove questionable content in the wake of the new Federal Internet regulation laws introduced on January 1. Donald Robertson, media and PR manager for the Australian Broadcasting Authority, said that following complaints from the public, the ABA, in its new role as Internet content regulator, has issued interim "take-down" notices to numerous Websites. Robertson said the ABA had assessed the complaints and has referred the Websites to the Office of Film and Literature Classification for review to determine whether they breach online content laws. "While we wait for a response from OFLC, we [have] issued interim notices," Robertson said. "If the OFLC advice is that the material is prohibited, then the ABA issues a take-down notice." Robertson said the ABA is yet to receive any responses from the OFLC, but "expects some assessments back shortly". According to Robertson, prohibited material may be classified X or even be refused classification. R-rated Websites without restricted access systems in place are also prohibited, he said. The number of complaints regarding online content received by the ABA is still under 20, Robertson said. ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _____________________________________________________________________________ http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Australia & NZ Greetings - Better choose an online card now... Valentine's Day is coming sooner than you think! * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Sat Jan 22 04:34:07 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id EAA96324; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 04:34:07 +1000 (EST) Received: from web1305.mail.yahoo.com (web1305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.155]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id EAA96315 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 04:34:04 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 6192 invoked by uid 60001); 21 Jan 2000 18:33:58 -0000 Message-ID: <20000121183358.6191.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [193.129.101.40] by web1305.mail.yahoo.com; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 05:33:58 EST Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 05:33:58 +1100 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Goldstein?= Subject: DC-Ed meeting in Australia To: APPLe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Hi all This was forwarded to another mailing list I am on in Australia, and I thought it could be of interest. Cheers David ----- Original Message ----- From: Stuart Sutton To: DC-Education (E-mail) ; DC-General (E-mail) Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 8:57 AM Subject: DC-Ed meeting in Australia Please excuse my cross-listing this message ... I needed to reach the widest audience possible regarding this important DC-Education Working Group meeting in Australia next month. The DC-Education Working Group will be holding its face-to-face meeting in (outside) Melbourne, Australia on the weekend of February 19-20. From this meeting will emerge the WG's draft proposal for possible education-related qualifiers for the Dublin Core elements and possible additional elements and qualifiers if necessary. Liddy Nevile represents our Australian hosts for the face-to-face meeting. Specific information regarding the venue and the agenda can be found at: http://sunrise.eng.monash.edu.au/dc-ed/ People contemplating attending the meeting are encouraged to review the DC-Education listserv archive and to participate in the discussions as the dates of the meeting approach: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/dc-education/ In addition to reviewing the discussion archives, there are are a number of documents online that should be of interest to those contemplating attending the meeting. In preparation for the WG's meeting at DC7, two analysis were prepared. One was prepared by me and the other by Jon Mason for the EdNA Metadata Group. Those analysis can be found at: http://www.edna.edu.au/metadata/ http://www.ischool.washington.edu/sasutton/DC-Education.html Also of interest will be the official minutes for the WG meeting: http://www.ischool.washington.edu/sasutton/DC7_DCEd.html We hope to see many of you in Australia! Stuart ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuart A. Sutton (206) 685-6618 (V) University of Washington (206) 616-3152 (F) School of Library and Information Science Box 352930 Seattle, WA 98195-2930 sasutton@u.washington.edu GEM http://geminfo.org (Project) http://www.TheGateway.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David@yahoo.com.au post: 18 Silverwood Close, Cambridge, CB1 3HA, UK phone: +44 (0)1223 574 857 (home) +44 (0)7979 965 503 (mobile) _____________________________________________________________________________ http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Australia & NZ Greetings - Better choose an online card now... Valentine's Day is coming sooner than you think! * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Tue Jan 25 08:08:42 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA87033; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:08:42 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail1.cisco.com (mail1.cisco.com [171.68.225.60]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA87024 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:08:39 +1000 (EST) Received: from laina (bgreene-dsl3.cisco.com [144.254.193.60]) by mail1.cisco.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/CISCO.SERVER.1.2) with SMTP id OAA29244 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:08:37 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: From: "Laina Greene" To: Subject: C&W in Talks on Sale of HKT to SingTel Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:25:29 -0800 Message-ID: <007901bf66b9$ebe68800$bd01a8c0@TNET99.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Very significant news for the Singapore and regional telecoms industry. HKT is a major player in ILCs and other IVANs in the regional market. Interesting new dynamics this will create. ............................. LONDON (Reuters) - Cable & Wireless Plc is in talks to sell its 54 percent stake in its Hong Kong telecoms arm Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd to Singapore Telecom, according to a report in British newspaper Sunday Business. More: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000123/tc/telecoms_cablewireless_1.html * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Tue Jan 25 10:51:04 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA103014; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:51:04 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail3.ntu.edu.sg (mail3.ntu.edu.sg [155.69.1.91]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA103000 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:51:02 +1000 (EST) Received: by mail3.ntu.edu.sg with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:50:25 +0800 Message-ID: <1DD1B50DBE02D311909900805FA7424B014E8AE5@EXCHANGE5> From: "Ang Peng Hwa (Assoc Prof)" To: "'laina@getit.org'" , apple@apnic.net Subject: RE: C&W in Talks on Sale of HKT to SingTel Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:50:08 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Laina, Would you care to elaborate/speculate on what are some possible changes? Regards, Peng Hwa -----Original Message----- From: Laina Greene [mailto:laina@singnet.com.sg] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 6:25 AM To: apple@apnic.net Subject: C&W in Talks on Sale of HKT to SingTel Very significant news for the Singapore and regional telecoms industry. HKT is a major player in ILCs and other IVANs in the regional market. Interesting new dynamics this will create. ............................. LONDON (Reuters) - Cable & Wireless Plc is in talks to sell its 54 percent stake in its Hong Kong telecoms arm Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd to Singapore Telecom, according to a report in British newspaper Sunday Business. More: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000123/tc/telecoms_cablewireless_1.html * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Tue Jan 25 15:26:12 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA124402; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:26:11 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail.visi.com (baal.visi.com [209.98.98.3]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA124383 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:26:04 +1000 (EST) Received: from infinia (clift.dsl.visi.com [209.98.142.42]) by mail.visi.com (8.8.8/8.7.5) with SMTP id XAA28147; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:26:00 -0600 (CST) Posted-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:26:00 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <200001250526.XAA28147@mail.visi.com> From: "Steven Clift" Organization: http://www.e-democracy.org/do To: apple@apnic.net, sasianet@pan.idrc.org.sg, participate@jazz.worldbank.org, gkd@phoenix.edc.org, PANALL-cl@pan.idrc.org.sg Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:25:12 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Citizen Internet - Asia-Pacific Connections - Newswire Reply-to: slc@publicus.net CC: nettime-l@bbs.thing.net, vdiplomacy@usip.org X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.11) Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Citizen Internet and Participation - Asia-Pacific Connections There is a good chance that I will speak at the Global Knowledge conference in Malaysia, March 7-10. Like I have done over 100 times across 17 countries with previous trips, I hope to arrange speaking engagements and small meetings in a few Asia-Pacific countries after the conference. I speak about citizen participation and the Internet, the role of the Internet in elections and governance, and hope to meet with key organizations and governments to discuss global efforts to promote the use of civic online interaction and events at the local, national, and international level. My presentations and articles are available online . If you would to explore hosting a presentation or a visit to your area, please contact me via e-mail or call +1-612-822-8667. For more information on who I am, see my biography below. I also invite those receiving this message to also join the close to 1000 key leaders and journalists on my Democracies Online Newswire . With my trips I tend to uncover exciting examples about what I call the convergence of democracy and the Internet. If you know of innovative efforts using the Internet in government, governance, community involvement, advocacy, campaigns, etc. in the Asia-Pacific region, please let me know via e-mail . The full Democracies Online Newswire description is at the very end of this message. Please pass this message on to others you think might be interested or send me suggestions on people and organizations that I should contact. Sincerely, Steven Clift clift@publicus.net http://www.publicus.net Current Biography Steven Clift is an online strategies consultant focused on the use of the Internet in democracy. He is an adviser to the Markle Foundation for their Web White & Blue 2000 online election information partnership and served as Project Coordinator in 1998. He is also Board Chair of Minnesota E-Democracy, a non-profit organization which created the world's first election-oriented web site in 1994 and hosts ongoing citizen discussions on state and community affairs. He shares information and advice to close to 1000 subscribers via his Democracies Online Newswire service as well as through public presentation in seventeen countries thus far over the last four years. He served as Co-Editor for the G8 Democracy and Government Online Services Publication that was released in January 1999. His article "Democracy is Online" appeared on the cover of the Internet Society's OnTheInternet magazine in April 1998. He previously served as a consultant to the Markle Foundation's E- mail for All public outreach effort in 1998. For three years until September 1997, he coordinated the State of Minnesota's government- wide online efforts. While attending graduate school at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota he worked for the Center for Democracy and Citizenship from 1991 to 1993 where he also started the online Public Policy Network in 1993. 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Please send your proposed posts to: DO@PUBLICUS.NET 28 OCT 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do ------------------------------------------------------------------- * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Thu Jan 27 11:34:33 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA102106; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 11:34:32 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail3.ntu.edu.sg (mail3.ntu.edu.sg [155.69.1.91]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA102100 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 11:34:30 +1000 (EST) Received: by mail3.ntu.edu.sg with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 09:33:55 +0800 Message-ID: <1DD1B50DBE02D311909900805FA7424B014E8B09@EXCHANGE5> From: "Ang Peng Hwa (Assoc Prof)" To: "APPLe (E-mail)" Subject: FW: China Installs Net Secrecy Rules Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 09:33:22 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Folks, Here is a piece about China blowing cold on the Net. Regards, Peng Hwa http://www.thestandard.net/article/display/0,1151,9125,00.html January 26, 2000 China Installs Net Secrecy Rules By Matt Pottinger BEIJING (Reuters) - China clamped new controls onto the Internet on Wednesday to stop Web sites from "leaking state secrets" and an official newspaper said curbs on news content were on the way. Under rules published in the People's Daily, Web sites are required to undergo security checks. The regulations appear to give authorities a powerful instrument of control over the Internet in the name of protecting sensitive government information. China's definition of state secrets is so broad it can encompass virtually any information not specifically approved for publication. . . . * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Thu Jan 27 15:04:24 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA115421; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:04:24 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail1.cisco.com (mail1.cisco.com [171.68.225.60]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA115401 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:04:17 +1000 (EST) Received: from laina (bgreene-dsl4.cisco.com [144.254.193.61]) by mail1.cisco.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/CISCO.SERVER.1.2) with SMTP id VAA07971 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:04:06 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: From: "Laina Greene" To: Subject: MCIT Press Release on Telecoms Liberalisation Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:21:18 -0800 Message-ID: <002501bf6886$574e0320$bd01a8c0@TNET99.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Interesting times for Singapore. Not suprising therefore the move by SingTel to buy HKT. Laina RG ---------------------- Forwarded from Valerie D COSTA/IDA/SINGOV on 27/01/2000 10:37 AM --------------------------- Subject: FYI: MCIT Press Release on Telecoms Liberalisation The following press statement was issued by MCIT last evening - for info pls. Bringing Forward Full Competition in the Telecommunications Sector 1. The Government will bring forward the introduction of full market competition in the telecommunications sector by 2 years, from 1 Apr 2002 to 1 Apr 2000. It is also lifting direct and indirect foreign equity limits for all public telecommunications services licences, with immediate effect. 2. The Government will compensate Starhub and SingTel for any potential loss of profit resulting from this change of liberalisation timetable. Starhub was awarded the second public basic telecommunications services (PBTS) licence in Mar 98, to start operations on 1 Apr 2000, on the basis that there would only be two PBTS licensees, i.e. itself and SingTel, till 31 Mar 2002. SingTel, as the incumbent, has likewise made investment decisions based on the Government,s announcements that there would be a duopoly up to 31 Mar 2002. The Government is also prepared to review StarHub,s existing rollout and capital expenditure commitments. 3. The Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) will engage an international consultant to advise on the amounts payable to StarHub and SingTel. The amounts will be worked out based on the potential net revenue loss to each PBTS operator arising from the earlier introduction of full competition. 4. Info-communications is a high value-added growth industry, offering a wealth of attractive new business opportunities and value-added services. The use of info-communications will also boost the competitiveness of all other sectors of the Singapore economy. Singapore aims to be a leading info-communications hub in the Asia-Pacific. To achieve this, our telecommunications market must be globally competitive, with many players offering innovative, high quality and cost effective services. 5. The Government decided on the present pace of liberalisation of the telecommunications industry in May 96. Since then, the telecommunications industry worldwide has undergone dramatic change, much faster than we had anticipated in 1996. Many other countries in the region have liberalised their telecommunications sector. The openness of the regulatory environment is a major factor in attracting new investments and players. We need to act promptly and decisively, to maintain Singapore,s edge in the inf o-communications sector. 6. The Government has therefore decided to speed up the liberalisation, while being fair to SingTel and StarHub. Earlier introduction of full market competition, together with the lifting of the foreign equity limit, will strengthen our competitiveness and help position Singapore as the choice location in the region for key info-communications industry players. SingTel and StarHub are expected to gain from the faster overall growth brought about by competition in the info-communications industry. Competition will also benefit consumers and businesses. 7. New entrants are free to decide on the types of networks, systems and facilities they wish to build and own, and the types of services they wish to offer. These include local calls, IDD calls, local leased circuits, international leased circuits, mobile telephone, paging, trunked radio and mobile data services. They can also choose the technology platforms on which to offer such services. 8. Based on industry feedback, services-based competition can take place from 1 Apr 2000. Cable operators and other facilities-based service providers will require some time to make investment decisions, rollout their infrastructure and commence operations. Hence, facilities-based competition is only expected to start in late 2000 or early 2001. 9. Parties interested in entering the telecommunications market can contact IDA to discuss their proposals. IDA will issue the actual guidelines for submission of proposals by new entrants on 31 Jan 2000. IDA will assess the merits of each application and award licences based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria. It will generally not restrict the total number of licences that may be awarded, unless there are spectrum and other physical constraints. For facilities-based licence applications, one of IDA,s evaluation criteria will be the applicant,s commitment to invest in developing Singapore,s info-communications infrastructure. Further details on the licensing framework are given in the accompanying fact sheet. IDA will also up date its regulatory and competition framework in line with the liberalisation of market access and the introduction of full market competition. 10. The info-communications industry is the key driver of the new knowledge-based economy. The Government is formulating the Information and Communications Technology 21 Masterplan, or ICT21, to realise our vision of developing Singapore into a leading and vibrant info-communications hub in the Asia-Pacific region. This is the first major ICT21 initiative to be announced. Over the next few months, the Government will announce other significant ICT21 policies and projects. Together, these will build up a favourable environment for developing a robust and dynamic info-communications industry in Singapore. MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 21 JANUARY 2000 Background Information Moratorium period The Government had, at the time it held the public basic telecommunications services (PBTS) tender in 1997, committed not to further liberalise the PBTS market till 31 Mar 2002. This meant that full market competition in the telecommu-nications sector would be introduced only from 1 Apr 2002 onwards. Foreign Equity Limit IDA currently imposes a maximum direct foreign equity limit of 49% on all major public telecommunications service licenses. The maximum indirect foreign equity limit on the local partner is also 49%. Therefore, at present, the effective maximum foreign equity limit on these licensees is 74%. The only exceptions are the Internet Access Service Providers and Internet Exchange Service Providers, for which the foreign equity limit was lifted in Sep 99. * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Fri Jan 28 07:18:50 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA112797; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:18:49 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail1.cisco.com (mail1.cisco.com [171.68.225.60]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA112791 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:18:47 +1000 (EST) Received: from laina (bgreene-dsl4.cisco.com [144.254.193.61]) by mail1.cisco.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/CISCO.SERVER.1.2) with SMTP id NAA21191 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:18:45 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: From: "Laina Greene" To: Subject: JOb available Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:35:58 -0800 Message-ID: <006401bf690e$7fad84c0$bd01a8c0@TNET99.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Dear APPLe readers, I am looking for talent in the area of multimedia and digital video productions. 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REgards, Laina RG GetIT-multimedia.com * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net * From owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Sat Jan 29 02:13:23 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA114551; Sat, 29 Jan 2000 02:13:23 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail1.cisco.com (mail1.cisco.com [171.68.225.60]) by whois.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA114547 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2000 02:13:21 +1000 (EST) Received: from bgreenent2 (bgreene-dsl2.cisco.com [144.254.193.59]) by mail1.cisco.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/CISCO.SERVER.1.2) with SMTP id IAA21169 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:13:17 -0800 (PST) From: "Barry Raveendran Greene" To: "APPLe" Subject: FW: PRC to restrict strong encryption Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:10:17 -0800 Message-ID: <006c01bf69aa$2ae6f880$6501a8c0@bgreenent2.cisco.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-apple@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk >From Network Briefing Daily: Thought Police Control Chinese Internet Content Section: Internet China's thought police, the shadowy State Secrets Bureau (SSB), have published a set of draconian laws aimed at strict control of internet content, and particularly news. Internet content providers are made liable if "state secrets" are posted on or transmitted through their sites. State secrets in China are anything the ruling Communist Party does not want known to the public, and the charge of publishing state secrets is often used as an excuse to silence or imprison dissidents. The restrictions extend to email account users who are also forbidden to transfer or copy state secrets. Under existing legislation, companies in China must already provide details on the encryption software they use and employees using the software. The Public Security Ministry has also drawn up rules forcing all firms that use the internet to register with police, while the State Press and Publication Administration is preparing rules on the news content of web sites to prevent them breaching the state's monopoly on news distribution. The text of the new regulations reads: "All organizations and individuals are forbidden from releasing, discussing or transferring state secret information on bulletin boards, chat rooms or in internet news groups." It continues, "Any Web site that provides or releases information on the World Wide Web must undergo security checks and approval." An official with the SSB admitted in the local media that the internet does not lend itself to easy monitoring and said. "It is rather complicated so we can't really manage this by ourselves. The Public Security Bureau (PSB) must also get involved," he said. Last month hardline Information Industry Minister Wu Jichuan said his ministry would regulate internet service providers, whereas other "relevant government agencies" would regulate ICPs. The SSB document expands on this. "For any information gathered for web posting the data-gathering institution should receive permission from its data providers before publishing. Any efforts to update web-based data should also follow the same information security check/approval process," it says. In other words a web site carrying agricultural information, for example, would have to get permission from the Ministry of Agriculture every time it wanted to update the information and also have it vetted by the SSB/PSB. Analysts say the new regulations suggest that Wu and the protectionist lobby in the Chinese government appear to have allied themselves with party ideologues to get back control of the internet following major concessions made by reformists led by Prime Minister Zhu Rongji to the US in WTO negotiations. The foreign companies which have already put in substantial "illegal" investment, and which will soon be allowed to legally take stakes of up to 50% in local internet service companies, can now be easily controlled, which suits both the economic protectionists and the ideologically pure. * APPLe: To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apple-request@apnic.net *