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  • Police question Vodafone Australia's chatroom stance

    The head of a Queensland Police Internet child abuse protection unit has outlined safety concerns about mobile phone chatrooms after recent reports they are being used by paedophiles.

  • In depth: BigPond boss speaks out

    The head of Telstra BigPond, Australia's largest Internet service provider, has warned the music industry not to expect much joy from the soon-to-be-released final version of an industry-developed cybercrime code of conduct.

  • Police chief slams Yahoo! chatroom silence

    British police have joined thegrowing list of critics urgin Yahoo! to act against paedophiles using its chatrooms. The company's stonewalling tactics are inappropriate and 'appalling'.

  • Police investigate child porn computer game

    Police in New Zealand are searching for the distributors of a child's computer game sold with links to child porn sites.

  • AU crime-fighters want real-world rules brought online

    The Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) is trying to bring the rules of the "physical world" to the online environment in its international joint initiative to put police in internet chat-rooms said Alastair MacGibbon the body's director.

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