- Bush Backs New Online Protections for Children +/-
(Washington Post) President Bush called for an increase in federal funding and new legislation to combat online predators who stalk children in cyberspace in hopes of sexually molesting them. Bush listened to experts speak at the White House about child pornography and its spread on the Internet. He proposed increases in spending to combat child molesters who find their victims online and urged the Senate to join the House in passing legislation overturning a Supreme Court decision that struck down a ban of computer simulations of child pornography. see also US - Increasing Online Safety for America's Children (Press Release) and Remarks by the President.
- CH - Ansprache Bundesrätin Ruth Metzler-Arnold +/-
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(Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement) Tagung der "Interpol Spezialistengruppe Verbrechen gegen Kinder" 22. Oktober 2002, in Thun.
- CH - Experts meet to combat child porn +/-
(Reuters) An international conference of police and criminologists aims to fight the rising tide of Web-based child pornography Police and criminologists from 34 countries have begun a three-day meeting in Switzerland aimed at combating crime against children, especially pornography on the Internet.
- CH - La Interpol reúne a cien expertos en la lucha contra la pornografía infantil en Internet +/-
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(Libertad Digital) Comienza en Thoune (Suiza) un congreso de la Interpol destinado a fomentar el intercambio de informaciones relativas a la lucha contra la pornografía infantil en Internet. El encuentro dura tres días y participan unos cien especialistas de diversos países.
- ES - Desmentelada Red en Internet que distribuía desde España fotografías de menores +/-
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(Delitos informáticos) Ha sido desmantelada, por la la Guardia Civil, una red internacional que distribuía desde España fotografías de menores de 13 años practicando diversos actos sexuales, en la operación denominada "Mackxer".
- ES - España, refugio de la pedofilia digital +/-
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(El País) España se ha convertido en el mejor escondite ciberespacial europeo para las bandas de pedófilos que se mueven por la Red. Así lo revela un reciente informe de la Asociación Contra la Pornografía Infantil (ACPI), una ONG que se ha ganado el reconocimiento de la Brigada de Delitos Tecnológicos de la Policía y de la Unidad de Delitos Telemáticos de la Guardia Civil y que es la pionera en España en la lucha contra la pedofilia. ver tambien ABC.
- EU - Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant +/-
(EUR-Lex) 2002/584/JHA. Offences which give rise to surrender pursuant to a European arrest warrant include sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, computer-related crime, racism and xenophobia.
- EU - Framework programme on police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (AGIS) +/-
(EUR-Lex) Council Decision of 22 July 2002. 2002/630/JHA Official Journal L 203 , 01/08/2002 P. 5 - 8. Programme runs for the period 2003 to 2007 with a budget of EUR 65 million.
- UK - Child porn swoop nets 90 police +/-
(Observer) Hundreds of child welfare professionals, including police officers, care workers and teachers, have been identified as 'extremely high-risk' paedophiles by an investigation into internet porn. The discovery came after US authorities passed on more than 7,000 names of UK subscribers to an American-based child porn website. When police examined a sample of the most dedicated users, they discovered that many worked with children.
- There's a lot of it about +/-
(Guardian) "Spam" emails, as they are called, have reached such a high level that researchers at IT business research firm Gartner revealed that their clients are reporting that between a third and a half of emails are spam. They calculate that spam traffic increased five-fold in 2001. The EU's data protection directive will tighten rules, ensuring that a company sending out mass emails must prove the recipient has given "explicit" permission to "opt-in" to receive offers before they are sent, and all messages must clearly state who they are from and allow a person to reply directly so they can be removed from the list.
- US - Direct marketers endorse anti-spam laws +/-
(ZDNet News) The Direct Marketing Association said that unsolicited e-mail has become so noxious that a federal anti-spam law is finally necessary. Until now, the DMA has opposed the majority of anti-spam bills in Congress or offered only lukewarm support. But the ever-rising tide of junk e-mail has made the influential trade association rethink its stand. The DMA told the Senate Commerce committee in April 2001 that a law governing spam might not be objectionable if it overruled about 20 state laws currently on the books and prohibited only "the practice of sending fraudulent electronic mail messages" with forged headers. Now the association says it will lobby for legislation that has both of those requirements and also provides a way for recipients to remove themselves from future mailings. But a federal requirement that consumers "opt in" instead of "opt out" of bulk e-mail is unacceptable. "
- US - WA - Spammer must pay $98,000 +/-
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer) A prolific e-mailer was ordered yesterday to pay more than $98,000 for flooding computers several years ago with dubious offers to make money through the Internet. A Washington State judge found that Jason Heckel of Salem, Ore., violated the state's law against sending misleading and unsolicited commercial e-mail that could not be traced. The judge fined the 28-year-old Heckel the maximum penalty, $2,000, for one violation of the rule. The rest of the penalty is for state's attorneys' fees and court costs. The total is $98,197.74.