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  • Freedom of expression online: How far should it go?

    Freedom of speech and expression in 'real life' if you will is tricky enough as it is, but online there is a severe lack of regulation and moderation at the best of times. How far should it go?

    Blog posts | September 8, 2010 8:26pm PDT

  • The vigilante's guide to social networking

    Within 30 hours, a Facebook page with viral marketing symptoms targeted a user to become one of the most hated people on the 300 million user site,

    Blog posts | March 25, 2010 4:57pm PDT

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  • Twitter libel case won by ex-cricketer over 24 word tweet

    Lawyers are being engaged more often over alleged defamation through Twitter by injured parties hoping to get justice for insults and bullying. £90,000 is a considerable sum for a 24 word tweet.

    Blog posts | March 27, 2012 12:22pm PDT

  • Facebook, Twitter libel claims double; Celebrities still prefer super-injunctions

    Libel cases resulting from content posted on social networking sites have doubled in the past year, research suggests.

    Blog posts | August 28, 2011 7:01pm PDT

  • Freedom of expression online: How far should it go?

    Freedom of speech and expression in 'real life' if you will is tricky enough as it is, but online there is a severe lack of regulation and moderation at the best of times. How far should it go?

    Blog posts | September 8, 2010 8:26pm PDT

  • The vigilante's guide to social networking

    Within 30 hours, a Facebook page with viral marketing symptoms targeted a user to become one of the most hated people on the 300 million user site,

    Blog posts | March 25, 2010 4:57pm PDT

  • Michael Arrington snared in libel verdict: lessons for us all

    The UK's High Court of Justice has ruled that Michael Arrington and Interserve Inc libeled Sam Sethi (see above.) The original plaint claimed that Arrington/Interserve engaged in a:...

    Blog posts | August 3, 2009 3:18am PDT

  • Does a disagreement on Mac fonts warrant libel and a death note?

    Last week, some blogger in San Francisco has written a hit piece on me complete with a hacked up photo of my face calling me a Microsoft shill despite the fact that I’ve recently praised...

    Blog posts | August 30, 2007 2:57am PDT

  • iPod manufacturer alters libel suit against journalists

    Following outcry, Foxconn reduces damages sought over reports of unfair working conditions in Chinese plant.

    News items | August 31, 2006 6:09pm PDT

  • Is Wikipedia safe from libel liability?

    Online encyclopedia may have legal protection, regardless of how long an inaccurate article stays on the site. How much do you trust Wikipedia?

    News items | December 7, 2005 12:00pm PST

  • Web posts spark libel complaint from politician

    Oklahoma prosecutors to decide whether to press criminal charges against former mayoral candidate accused of libeling politician.

    News items | August 23, 2005 12:10am PDT

  • Professor's Web posting at center of libel suit

    Former student's paper, now taken off Oakland University's site, said a Michigan company "committed crimes," appeals court says.

    News items | January 25, 2005 7:34pm PST

  • Libel ruling favors site operators

    Web site and mailing list operators cannot be held responsible for libelous or defamatory comments they republish, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit...

    News items | June 25, 2003 11:11am PDT

  • Top court passes on Web libel case

    The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case over Internet libel, letting stand an appeals court's ruling that two Connecticut newspapers could not be sued for libel in a Virginia court over...

    News items | May 20, 2003 5:14pm PDT

  • U.S. says no to Aussie libel lawsuit

    In the wake of an Australian ruling suggesting that Web publishers are fair game for libel suits anywhere their content appears, a U.S. federal court veers in the opposite direction.

    News items | December 17, 2002 1:01pm PST

  • Border-crossing libel shakes the Net

    An Australian court's decision to approve a libel lawsuit against a U.S. Web site could spur countries to claim crossborder jurisdiction--and put the Net's freedom to publish at risk.

    News items | December 12, 2002 3:15pm PST

  • Does libel law apply on the Web?

    The Internet has become the new form of American protest -- should libel laws apply as they do in newspapers or magazines?

    News items | April 22, 1999 12:00am PDT

  • Judge rules for AOL in Drudge libel suit

    In a ruling with potentially far reaching effects for Internet service providers, America Online Inc. has been dismissed from a high-profile $30 million defamation lawsuit against the online...

    News items | April 23, 1998 12:00am PDT

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