Leveson Past,Present and Future: The Politics of Press Regulation

As a result of the phone‐hacking scandal and evidence of other serious journalistic abuses by some newspapers, the government set up the Leveson Inquiry to hear evidence from victims and to make recommendations for a new and effective system of press regulation. Leveson's recommendations for independent self‐regulation overseen by a “recogniser” was seen as a moderate solution which would uphold the principle of an unfettered press while providing appropriate protection from unscrupulous or unethical press behaviour. After historic cross‐party agreement, Parliament passed a resolution accepting a Royal Charter which adopted the great majority of his recommendations. In response, Britain's main national newspapers have pursued a campaign of systematic misinformation and distortion, aimed at discrediting the inquiry, its supporters and the cross‐party Charter, while promoting a different system which would remain almost wholly controlled by the industry and would in practice be little different from the discredited Press Complaints Commission. After decades of ineffectual political response to press abuse and press power, there is now a historic opportunity for Parliament to assert its sovereign power. Over the next 12–18 months, we will see whether we have reached a genuine milestone in British public life or whether the British press will remain the last bastion of unaccountable power.     

浅谈移动通信规划的几个问题

结合在深圳、温州等地区的规划经验 ,总结提炼出在移动通信规划中负荷预测的方法 ,并在局所和管网规划等方面提出了自己的见解和观点 ,对城市移动通信产业的管理及规范发展提供了一些可借鉴的经验。     

移动电话“靓号”应成为盗窃罪的犯罪对象——全国首例“靓号黑客案”的物权法解读

全国首例“靓号黑客案”二审判定移动电话“靓号”不属于刑法上的财物范畴,从而否定其成为盗窃罪的犯罪对象。这是二审法院受刑法学理论界关于盗窃罪犯罪对象的“有体性说”错误指导的结果。“有体性说”的错误根源在于对民法中无体物与有体物相区分理论的错误理解。我国刑事司法实务界应该主动舍弃“有体性说”,并应从盗窃罪犯罪对象的几个基本特征入手,认定移动电话“靓号”可以成为盗窃罪的犯罪对象。     

手机用户消费群体弱势地位及法律保护

手机作为网络终端设备,具备了网络终端的一切基本特征。当我们把无线网络中的手机作为独立的研究对象进行考察时,就会发现,无线网络终端用户是最具有典型意义的弱势群体。文章分析了网络电信服务中消费者弱势地位加剧的原因,并对网络环境下完善消费者权益保护的对策进行了有益的探究。     

手机短信息诈骗犯罪的手段、成因、特点及防范

手机短信息诈骗犯罪的主要手段有 :中奖引诱 ,销售廉价走私商品 ,有偿提供六合彩特码 ,征婚骗局 ,结交“Q友” ,办理证件。手机短信息诈骗犯罪的特点 :犯罪手法具有新颖性、隐蔽性、欺骗性 ;犯罪主体具有团伙性。手机短信息诈骗犯罪的防范对策 :大力开展防范宣传 ,提高人们的防范意识 ;加快立法进程 ,完善法制 ;电信部门应加强管理 ,推进改革 ;规范银行管理 ,严格执行规定 ;公安机关力争取证调查透彻 ,全面查处案件     

手机短信诈骗犯罪的预防与控制——从法社会学的视角思考

犯罪是一种复杂、流变的社会现象。随着社会新兴领域研究的不断拓展,科学技术的大踏步前进,犯罪中的高科技、高技能含量正日益扩大,手机短信诈骗便是在时代发展过程中出现的一种新型的诈骗犯罪形式。只有认真研究其特点及发展规律,才能因案施策,迅速侦破此类犯罪案件,并以此把握犯罪发展的轨迹,做好防控和打击工作。     

Changing the Conversation: Can the Phone Hacking Scandal Lead to a New Covenant on Media Responsibilities?

This article examines the implications of the 2011 phone hacking scandal for press freedom in the United Kingdom. Specifically, it argues that the language of rights has too long dominated public discourse, which has led to discussion of media responsibilities being evaded. The article argues that there is now an opportunity for a radical restructuring of the relationship between the press, the public, and the political system that restores the media to their rightful role as a watchdog on government and steward of the people. It points to the need for independent regulation of the press and a statutory right of reply as means through which the relationship between media and citizen can be recast on the grounds of obligation and responsibility but argues that it is only when we move away from a framework grounded in rights to one grounded in responsibilities that meaningful change can flourish.     

Investigating the uses of mobile phone evidence in China criminal proceedings

Data from mobile phones are regularly used in the investigation of crime and court proceedings. Previously published research has primarily addressed technical issues or provided operational manuals for using forensic science evidence, rather than analysing human factors and the implementation of forensic tools in investigation settings. Moreover, previous research has focused almost entirely on western countries, and there is a dearth of research into the uses of forensic evidence in China. In this study, a review was carried out of court sentencing documents referring to mobile phone evidence in China over the period 2013–2018. Automated content analysis was used to identify the specific evidence types utilised and the sentencing outcome for each case. Results show that mobile phone evidence was used in 3.3% of criminal proceedings. Among various data types mentioned in criminal proceedings, call records sustained as the most frequently used type of data. After which, instant messaging tools (e.g. WeChat) are an increasing proportion of all mobile phone evidence, from 1% in 2015 to 25% in 2018. For cases that utilised mobile phone data, the analysis of instant messaging and online transaction tools is routine, with little variation in the use of each application (WeChat, Alipay, QQ) for investigations of different types of crime. However, in the majority of criminal cases, mobile phone data function as subsidiary evidence and posed limited impacts on verdict reached. The current findings indicate that a large amount of mobile phone evidence was transformed into other evidence formats or filtered out directly before court proceedings.     

Corneal‐Smart Phone: A novel method to intelligently estimate postmortem interval

The changes of postmortem corneal opacity are often used to roughly estimate the postmortem interval (PMI) in forensic practice. The difficulty associated with this time estimate is the lack of objective means to rapidly quantify postmortem corneal changes in crime scenes. This study constructed a data analysis model of PMI estimation and implemented an intelligent analysis system for examining the sequential changes of postmortem corneal digital images, named Corneal‐Smart Phone, which can be used to quickly estimate PMI. The smart phone was used in combination with an attachment device that provided a darkroom environment and a steady light source to capture postmortem corneal images. By segmenting the corneal pupil region images, six color features, Red (R), Green (G), Blue (B), Hue (H), Saturation (S), Brightness (V) and four texture features Contrast (CON), Correlation (COR), Angular Second Moment (ASM), and Homogeneity (HOM), were extracted and correlated with PMI model. The results indicated that CON had the highest correlation with PMI (R² = 0.983). No intra/intersubject variation in CON values were observed (p > 0.05). With the increase in ambient temperature or the decrease in humidity, the CON values were increased. PMI prediction error was <3 h within 36 h postmortem and extended to about 6–8 h after 36 h postmortem. The correct classification rate of the blind test samples was 82%. Our study provides a method that combines postmortem corneal image acquisition and digital image analysis to enable users to quickly obtain PMI estimation.     

集中式警用移动数据中心的实现

利用基于AT指令的DTU，通过GPRS无线通信网络开发了集中式警用移动数据通信系统。在VB6．0下利用Mscomm控件设计了智能通信中心管理软件，可实现智能拨号、对来电号码的追踪、对来电历史记录的查询、对备案数据库以外的来电屏蔽、智能联网、对特密专线拨号以及对特密专线的限权修改等功能。