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Archive for July 11th, 2008

FCC Chair Sides with BitTorrent, Comcast in Violation: “FCC Chairman Kevin Martin spoke to the Associated Press on Thursday about Comcast’s ‘delaying’ policy with words that may not bode well for the ISP. In a potentially significant victory for network neutrality principals and the file-sharing community, Kevin Martin said that Comcast violated net neutrality principals when they cut off BitTorrent uploaders.”

(Via Slyck.com File-Sharing News And Information.)

Bush Signs Spy Bill, ACLU Sues: “Marking a significant win over the Democrats, President Bush signed a bill into law Thursday that blesses his formerly secret, warrantless wiretapping powers and frees telecoms from privacy suits accusing them of illegally helping. But the ACLU has already filed suit, saying the new powers violate the Constitution.

(Via Wired News.)

Hacker Sentenced to Two Years For MySpace Cyber Stalking: “Jeffrey Robert Weinberg, aka V.I.P., is shipped off to a California state prison after being arrested for allegedly trying to extort phone sex from a teenage internet video star.

(Via Wired News.)

ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES AGREEMENTS WITH AT&T, THE NATION’S LARGEST INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, AND AOL TO STOP MAJOR SOURCES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY:
July 10, 2008

See also http://www.nystopchildporn.com/ the new web site launched to put pressure on all ISPs to do the same.

Cuomo Launches New Website So New Yorkers Know Which Companies have Rid their Systems of Child Porn

Cuomo Urges Consumers to Join Crusade to have Other ISP Companies across State and Nation to Purge their Servers of Child Porn

NEW YORK, NY (July 10, 2008) – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a major development in his office’s ongoing campaign to combat online child pornography. AT&T, the nation’s largest Internet Service Provider, and AOL, the nation’s third largest, have both agreed to eliminate access to child porn Newsgroups, a major supplier of these illegal images. They will also purge their servers of child porn websites. Today’s announcement comes on the heels of similar agreements with Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable announced by Cuomo last month.

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City Room: AT&T and AOL Agree to Fight Child Pornography: “AT&T and America Online have agreed to eliminate access to child pornography on newsgroups and their servers.

(Via NYT > Technology.)

Bits: An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates: “If regulators penalize Comcast for blocking some Internet file downloads, it would be a victory for advocates of an open Internet. But it could end up accelerating the move by Internet providers to make heavy users charge more

(Via NYT > Technology.)