A local firm that owns Internet cafés nationwide is pushing for the adoption of a “code of conduct” for Internet shops, specifically to address child pornography on the Internet.

The code of conduct is part of the ECPAT Philippines campaign, dubbed “Make-IT-Safe.” It hopes to raise awareness among communities and ICT stakeholders in the growing menace brought about by child pornography and the commercial sexual exploitation of children online.

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Iranian police have closed down 24 Internet cafes and other coffee shops in as many hours, detaining 23 people, as part of a broad crackdown on immoral behaviour in the Islamic state, official media said on Sunday.

Many young Iranians are avid users of the Internet, some using chat rooms to socialise with the opposite sex. Mingling between sexes outside marriage is banned and many Web sites considered unIslamic are blocked by the authorities.

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We reached the 200 internet cafe mark in CafeTouch!

Unlike other Internet cafe directories that  are not updated and have a big list of non-working Internet cafes,all of Cafetouch Internet cafes are working and were verified by phone or mail by our team.

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NetHotZone is setting up kiosks at public places  in Ahmedabad from where one can surf net free of cost.

Initially, the company will set up three kiosks. The company claims that this will be the first time ever in India that a private company is offering such a facility for free.

On the revenue model, Ravin Vyas, CEO, NetHotZone: “We will earn through online and offline advertisements and also from the corporate houses, which would come forward to sponsor the kiosks. We are in talks with companies like Rediff, Yahoo and Reebok. We will also approach corporate houses like Reliance.”

Read more at Business Standard

Cyber café operators within Nairobi are torn between legalising their Microsoft software operating system, shifting to Open Source Code or closing shop all together following the crack down on illegal software

 Most cyber cafes in Kenya use Microsoft software. but with no valid licences. Jet Cyber and Dagit Cyber Café in Nairobi are the latest companies to be raided on the suspicion of copyright infringement

The raids on the cyber cafes come after the expiry of the October 30th deadline set by the Kenya Copyright Board.

During the raid, 50 computers containing unlicensed versions of Microsoft Windows Office 2003 edition were confiscated.

Read more at allafrica.com

An elderly people's home in York has opened an internet café to allow its residents to contact friends and family through the web.

The Fordlands Elderly Persons Home, in Fordlands Road, Fulford, opened its new internet lounge which has two compters with internet access, a webcam, sofas for the residents to relax on and a shop.

Jessie Clithero, of Fulford, who works at the home, said: "York Cares approached us and asked if we had something in mind that they could do as a project and I immediately suggested an internet café.

"The elderly often suffer from loneliness because they do not see their friends and family as often as they would like. There are residents here who have relatives abroad and with computers and a webcam they can communicate face-to-face with them. York Cares donated one of the computers and we raised money through fundraising to buy another computer and a webcam".