Tracking Down The Child Abusers (from The Northern Echo) Stories about child pornography are increasing. But is the crime more common, or its detection more effective? How do police catch paedophiles and what toll does…
The Guardian: CCTV boom has failed to slash crime, say police: “ It is hard to resist shouting ‘Told You So !’: CCTV boom has failed to slash crime, say police Owen Bowcott The Guardian,…
Internet Mysteries: How Much File Sharing Traffic Travels the Net?: “Much internet public policy turns on whether ISPs can throttle traffic like peer-to-peer file sharing. But how much of the net’s traffic really is file…
An Advocacy Handbook for the Non Governmental Organisations: The Council of Europe’s Cyber-Crime Convention 2001 and the additional protocol on the criminalisation of acts of a racist or xenophobic nature committed through computer systems, Cyber-Rights.Org,…
Nine Inch Nails Album Is Free Online: “In a nod to the popularity of free music online, the rock act is offering its new album, ‘The Slip,’ through its Web site — for nothing.” In…
BBC News: Few gains for press freedom: “Wednesday, 30 April 2008 13:02 UK An annual survey of media freedom has reported a mixed picture in East Asia – with some losses and some gains. The…
File-Sharer Convicted in Sweden’s Biggest P2P Case: “ After a retrial, a 31 year old man from Linköping, Sweden, was found guilty this morning in the District Court. The court decided that for uploading 4,500…
Police go slow with encryption key terror powers: “ Is the threat enough? New powers to force terror suspects to hand over encryption keys have been used in only eight criminal investigations, prompting fears that…
Lords linger over extreme porn definition: “ What’s the meaning of ‘obscene’? The camel that is the UK Government’s answer to what it terms ‘extreme porn’ lumbers onward. Although, by the time it escaped the…
isoHunt and MPAA Debate Legality of BitTorrent Sites: “ The isoHunt vs. MPAA case has been dragging on for more than two years now. It basically comes down to the question whether a BitTorrent site…