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WTO could be used to abolish censorship say researchers
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| The World Trade Organisation has raised the
| delicious possibility of using its
| regulations to smite companies that censor
| their citizens' access to the internet -
| before admitting that this approach is
| unlikely to get very far.
|
| A paper produced by the European Centre for
| International Political Economy observes that
| the internet and e-commerce has largely grown
| up outside the regulatory framework painfully
| built up to police international trade via
| the WTO.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/09/wto_censorship/
Reporters face violence as Iraq cracks down on media dissent
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| Iraqis are fearing a renewed crackdown on
| dissent as a crucial national poll draws
| near, with several journalists claiming to
| have been beaten by security forces and
| ministers issuing warnings about media
| coverage.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/05/iraq-government-warn-media
Corporate law firm targets whistle-blowers and anonymous commenters
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| A British corporate law firm has created a
| new unit that will help easily offended
| corporate giants track down and sue anonymous
| Internet forum posters.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/06/corporate-law-firm-t.html
Recent:
Free speech battle pits mom vs. Web
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| During a rough-and-tumble election last spring,
| someone anonymously posted "deeply disturbing"
| online comments about the teenage son of Buffalo
| Grove Village Trustee Lisa Stone. Now, she is
| waging a legal battle to learn the identity of
| that person -- known to her as "Hipcheck16."
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-buffalo-grove-web-fightoct14,0,4615421.story
Clash of schools, blogs raises free-speech issues
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| A college student and a high school teacher may
| have pushed the limits of cyber-commentary by
| lashing out at their schools via the Internet.
|
| Butler University is suing Jess Zimmerman,
| alleging libel and defamation. Beth Guthrie's Web
| criticisms have caused such an uproar that
| Lawrence Township Schools Superintendent Concetta
| Raimondi has posted a response on the district's
| Web site.
|
| [...]
|
| Butler English Professor Bill Watts agrees and
| came to the defense of the blog in a letter
| published by the Butler Collegian student
| newspaper.
|
| "They are statements of opinion," Watts wrote.
| "They may be wrong-headed or intemperate or just
| plain mean . . . but I would be astonished if
| they were judged libelous in a court of law."
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http://www.indystar.com/article/20091017/LOCAL/910170359/Clash+of+schools++blogs+raises+free-speech+issues
CMLP and Cyberlaw Clinic Endorse Anti-SLAPP Protection for Staff of Media and Advocacy Organizations
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| The Massachusetts anti-SLAPP statute protects a
| party from strategic lawsuits against public
| participation (SLAPPs) by allowing that party to
| have a case dismissed at an early stage in the
| litigation and to recoup attorneysâ fees if the
| lawsuit is based on his or her "exercise of [the]
| right of petition under the constitution of the
| United States or of the commonwealth." Although
| the statute covers a wide scope of petitioning
| activities and parties, the Massachusetts
| Superior Court denied Hollanderâs motion, ruling
| that she was outside of the scope of the statute
| because she was a paid employee of the Regional
| Review.
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http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/newsroom/cmlp_clinic_ma-anti-slapp_amicus
Police ready to 'take on' commenters, chief says
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| People who misrepresent themselves as officials in online
| comments could face civil, criminal penalties, Acevedo
| says.
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http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/09/18/0918comments.html
Related:
Yahoo settles lawsuit with jailed Chinese journalists
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| Smith sponsored the Global Online Freedom Act of 2007, which would prohibit
| U.S. Internet companies from cooperating with repressive regimes on censoring
| the Internet and using Internet user account data to track down and punish
| pro-democracy activists.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9815950-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Yahoo Settles With Imprisoned Chinese Journalists
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| Terms of the deal are secret, but Yahoo has reached settlements with two
| Chinese journalists who were arrested based on information the company
| provided to the ruling Communist government.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/13/2031243&from=rss
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