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Online anti-paedophile ‘panic button’
A UK organisation dedicated to “eradicating the sexual abuse of children” has introduced an anti-paedophile panic button. The ‘CEOP Report’ button has been added across the Bebo website to “enhance its existing ‘Report Abuse’ functionality,” says the Child Exploitation and Online Protection site . “By clicking on the CEOP Report button — which will appear on every profile as an automatic setting — young people, parents and carers will be able to access to the latest advice and help around issues such as viruses and hacking,” it says.
Continue reading »More protests over UK 3 strikes plan
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Peter ‘Mandy’ Mandelson’s (right) efforts on behalf of Hollywood and Big Music continue to come unglued to the extent a prestigious UK firm is now wondering if they’ll ever become law. The Big 4 record labels and Hollywood are simultaneously hammering their Three Strikes plan , “trying to have it adopted as law in countries such as Britain and France,” p2pnet said on Sunday, going on: “Implemented, it would have administrations acting as industry copyright agents, and local ISPs targetting their own customers on behalf of the cartels.” European legislators have just approved new rules which say users can be cut off only after a “ prior, fair and impartial procedure” which gives them ‘the opportunity to state their case and respects the principles of presumption of innocence and the right to privacy’ has been completed. ‘ … wave of protest …’ ACTA is short for Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and the Three Strikes plan is an integral part of it.
Continue reading »P2P networking by pedophiles
Crime | P2P:- There’s a major gap in intelligence aboutnetworking by paedophiles. And it’s usually hidden from view and technically difficult to track, says the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre ( CEOP ). Child sex offenders are switching between the net and the offline world with, “increasing frequency and severity in order to target and in some cases abduct young victims and parents could and should do more,” says the organisation in its 2008/09 Strategic Overview.
Continue reading »Apple reefer madness
A friend of mine here on Vancouver Island in British Columbia is one of the very few legal growers of medicinal marijuana in Canada. Another friend in the US is a quadriplegic whose pain is eased by the therapeutic use of cannabis. But he can’t get it legally in Texas, his state, and has to ask friends to buy for him on the street, and for prices way above what it’ s worth.
Continue reading »What is ‘reasonable’? – iiNet asks Hollywood
If one of Hollywood’s copyright enforcement organisations decides an ISP hasn’t been properly looking after movie industry interests by taking reasonable steps to stop supposedly illegal downloads, what’s “reasonable”? iiNet ’s Steve Dalby (right) would like to know. The Australian ISP says it supports 700,000 dial up, broadband and telephony services, and “proudly employs more than 1300 people in Perth, Sydney, Auckland and Cape Town”.
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