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Ban 'Hate Speech' at Your Own Peril

Posted on January 15, 2008
Glenn Greenwald accurately explains the grotesque result of laws that seek to curb that amorphous problem of ?hate speech? ? a concept that turns free speech on its head. And unlike many of his colleagues on the political left, Greenwald explains why he?s defending people whose speech frequently deserves contempt: People like Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant are some of the most pernicious commentators around...

Chinese Citizen Journalist Beaten to Death by City Officials

Posted on January 14, 2008
This is terrible news. CNN and TechCrunch reported Friday that city officials in central China beat a man to death for attempting to record a protest on his mobile phone. Apparently, there was some sort of confrontation between villagers in the central Chinese province of Hubei and local municipal "inspectors" over the dumping of waste near the villagers' homes...

Reconstructing the Journalists' Privilege

Posted on January 11, 2008
Eric Freedman, a law professor at Hofstra University School of Law, has an article entitled "Reconstructing Journalists' Privilege" coming out in the Cardozo Law Review. The article is part of a symposium issue that includes pieces by an impressive list of scholars, including Anthony Lewis, Max Frankel, Victor Kovner, Joel Gora, and Rodney Smolla...

Grand Jury Issues Subpoena to MySpace in Megan Meier Suicide Case

Posted on January 10, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that a federal grand jury in Los Angeles has begun issuing subpoenas in the Megan Meier case, the Missouri teenager who committed suicide after a "boy" she met on MySpace abruptly turned on her and ended their relationship...

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Kansas Court Issues Search Warrant to Lawrence Journal-World Seeking Identity of Anonymous User

Posted on January 09, 2008
Last month, an investigator at Kansas University delivered a search warrant to the Lawrence Journal-World, a highly regarded newspaper in Lawrence, Kansas, demanding access to their computer servers in order to get information about the identity of a user who had posted comments on the paper's website, LJWorld...

Australian Foreign Minister "Condemns" YouTube Video

Posted on January 08, 2008
Here is a weird one from the New York Times Lede blog: An anonymous person posted a video on YouTube that accuses the Australian government of opposing Japan?s whaling practices because of its "prejudice and racism against the Japanese." In response, Foreign Minister of Australia Stephen Smith issued an audio statement condemning the video and re-affirming the Australian government's view that Japanese whaling should cease...

British Blogger Threatened with Arrest for Inciting Racial Hatred

Posted on January 07, 2008
Glenn Reynolds over at Instapundit.com reports that a British blogger was recently threatened with arrest for inciting racial hatred. The blogger, who runs a controversial Christian blog and goes by the pseudonym Lionheart, stated on his blog that British police are threatening to arrest him for "stirring up racial hatred by displaying written material" contrary to sections 18(1) and 27(3) of the Public Order Act 1986...

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