IP: A series of messages re the Malaysian Net patrol and US electronic death penalty

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

From: "Halpert, James - DC" <JJH () pipermar com>
To: "'Ang Peng Hwa (Dr)'" <TPHANG () ntu edu sg>, apple () apnic net
Subject: RE: Malaysian Net patrol and US electronic death penalty
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 09:26:46 -0400 
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To put this issue is sharper perspective, there is 
actually a bill pending in the U.S. Congress
to require ISPs to check a national database of 
pedophiles before offering service to any new customer
in order to make sure that the customer is not on the list.

Of course, pedophilia and political dissent are very
different matters, but the precedent would nonetheless
be attractive for other government purposes.    

                        Regards -- Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ang Peng Hwa (Dr) [SMTP:TPHANG () ntu edu sg]
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 10:31 PM
> To:   apple () apnic net
> Subject:      RE: Malaysian Net patrol and US electronic death penalty
>
> Quick comment:
>
> 1. About the Malaysian Net patrol: Probably first Net patrol in the
> world
> came from South Korea when they established the Information
> Communication
> Ethics Committee back in 1995 or 1996. I met the head recently when I
> was
> there for a conference (fuller report later). Nice guy.
>
> 2. From the same issue of TKR news: USA - Man banned from Net for 5
> years
> (Reuters) A man who pleaded guilty today in an online child
> pornography case
> will be banned from the Internet for five years by the Manhattan
> Supreme
> Court. In a plea bargain arrangement, Thomas Baskind will not be
> permitted
> any computer access to the Internet and his credit card and telephone
> bills
> will be monitored. Baskind pleaded guilty to two charges, possession
> of
> child pornography and attempting to distribute pornography to a minor.
> http://www.news.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,25,27294,00.html?pfv
> <http://www.news.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,25,27294,00.html?pfv> 
>
> Unbelievable. So far, such death penalties have been executed in South
> Korea, Australia (March/April 1997) and now USA. The US case seems to
> me--with only 30 seconds of reflection--overwrought. I can understand
> it
> better if it were applied to hackers where barring use of the medium
> stops
> the reprehensible conduct. But to stop Internet access because the
> Internet
> was used to distribute child porn is like stopping a guy from taking
> airplane flights because he personally carried the porn in his
> suitcase on
> airplane flights.
>
> Regards, Ang Peng Hwa
>  
>
>
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From:   ajp () glocom ac jp [mailto:ajp () glocom ac jp]
>       Sent:   Thursday, October 08, 1998 7:22 PM
>       To:     apple () apnic net
>       Subject:        Malaysian Net patrol 
>
>       Source:  [TKRNEWS-L] QuickLinks 89 - 8 October 1998
>
>       Malaysia - Net patrol (BBC) Police in Malaysia have set up an
>       Internet unit to monitor sites and newsgroups which have been
>       organising protests against the jailing of the former Deputy
>       Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim. The national Bernama news agency
>       reported that the unit was set up on the instructions of Prime
>       Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Its mission was to watch for
>       information and messages which could affect public security.
>
>       <sections skipped>
>
>       The president of Mimos tried to reassure users last Friday that
>       their privacy would be respected. Tengku Azzman said the
>       authorities could not monitor every e-mail that was transmitted
>       as it was against the law.
>
>       "The Telecommunications Act provides such privacy and protection
>       for e-mail users," he said, adding that Mimos would help by
> adding
>       e-mail encryption software to its service in the near future.
>
>       
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_186000/186753.stm
>
>
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