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• Andrew Sullivan’s blog reportedly has an obsessive reader (not us)

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 581
  “Sources with access to Palin have indeed told to me that the Wasilla whack-job was an obsessive reader of this blog as it dared to ask factual questions about her past that could be easily answered.” Super-blogger (and SFB fave) Andrew Sullivan • Posting yesterday about Sarah Palin, who reportedly wanted to ...
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• @mmmKikiKannibal reaches new low

  
  StickyDrama — Authority: 145
  In a world where people pay less and less attention to her every day, Kiki decided to post a picture of herself menstruating. I’m not even kidding. Caption: Oh hello Eve have you seen Adam? Lmfao IM NaSTii*** Kiki, I’d like to personally voice my disgust. Also posted on the scenewhore’s twitter today: Jake ...
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• Coalition of non-profit news organizations gets funding

  
  Nieman Journalism Lab — Authority: 721
  The Investigative News Network , a coalition of nonprofit news organizations that met for the first time this summer, is getting closer to launch: They’ve raised more than $500,000, one of the group’s leaders said today. We first wrote about INN after their meeting in Pocantico Hills, N.Y. , where the leaders ...
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• Cyber Liability Insurance: Large Firms Should Hedge Risks

  
  UsefulArts.us — Authority: 120
  Online marketing has moved many firms toward a publishing model to generate market awareness and engagement. This has spawned a broader range of public exchanges with both customers and the public as they share ideas on company sites, and as company staff participate on others’ sites in official or quasi-official ...
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• Libel law reform campaigners seek £10,000 damages cap

  
  CyberLaw Blog — Authority: 138
  Libel law reform campaigners seek £10,000 damages cap : “English libel law imposes disproportionate restrictions on free speech, according to an independent report that recommends 10 changes to the laws. The Ministry of Justice said today that it will launch a consultation on defamation and the internet.” (Via ...
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• High Court rejects libel case because article received approximately four visits

  
  CyberLaw Blog — Authority: 138
  High Court rejects libel case because article received approximately four visits : “A libel action over an article that appeared on the website of a South African magazine has been dismissed by a court in England. Evidence suggested that the article had received only four visits from the UK in a two month period.” ...
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• Time to cut off state handouts to the Quilliam Foundation?

  
  Don't Get Fooled Again — Authority: 125
  Until the Quilliam Foundation made the very ill-advised decision to threaten Craig Murray with legal action , I had assumed that they were a vaguely OK sort of conflict-resolutey-type charity. Now I’ve learned that they’re not actually a charity but a limited company, who nonetheless receive huge amounts of state ...
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• High Court rejects libel case because article received approximately four visits

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 149
  Out-Law.com describes an interesting libel case in the UK where being able to demonstrate how many people actually accessed the article and from what locality came into play: A libel action over an article that appeared on the website of a South African magazine has been dismissed by a court in England. Evidence ...
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• U.S. Media Running Afoul of British Libel Laws

  
  Writerswrite.com's Writer's Blog — Authority: 463
  Libel laws are much stricter in Great Britain than they are in the U.S. and there no constitutional right to free speech. This puts U.S. newspapers in legal jeopardy when they sell U.S. publications, such as The New York Times , in Britain. Many expatriates read major U.S. newspapers, which are readily available in ...
  3 days ago

• Defend Craig Murray

  
  Harry's Place — Authority: 640
  Okay, so he’s mad as a hatter and sometimes quite nasty, and usually wrong, wrong, wrong! BUT! We at Harry’s Place will always stand with bloggers who are threatened by libel suits. It is not nice threatening bloggers with letters from lawyers. What’s more, it is generally unnecessary. We get them quite ...
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• Prejean Threatens to Walk Off Larry King Set After Gay Marriage Question

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 157
  Larry King isnt known for his hardball interviews. So his exchange with onetime California beauty queen Carrie Prejean came as something of a surprise. Prejean threatened to walk off Kings Wednesday night interview after King asked her why shed settled a lawsuit against the Miss California USA Pageant. ...
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• Yo mama case could set precedent for online anonymity rules

  
  TECH.BLORGE.com — Authority: 568
  An Internet war of words has produced a case which could further clarify how the legal system tracks online discussion. The ruling involves both the limits of freedom of speech and the procedures for dealing with anonymous posters. The situation involves [...]
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• Video: Science journalism and libel debate

  
  Jon Slattery — Authority: 513
  A video of the excellent science journalism and libel law debate at City University London last month is now available here . The debate feartured John Kampfner, chief executive of Index on Censorship : Simon Singh, the freelance science journalist who has just won leave to appeal Mr Justice Eady’s ruling ...
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• Defamation Defense: Qualified Privilege

  
  California Defamation Law Blog — Authority: 99
   The last several posts have focused on absolute privileges. Today we’re going to talk about the qualified privilege, which is a lot more common than you might think. A qualified privilege essentially means what it appears to mean. It allows the publisher/speaker to make a statement that would otherwise be ...
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• Libel reform: What the papers say

  
  Index on Censorship — Authority: 573
  English PEN and Index on Censorship’s report, Free Speech is not for sale, has attracted coverage from a broad range of media Index and English PEN’s launch of our new report and libel reform campaign has made a big spalsh in the UK media. The BBC ran a detailed story, with quotes from Padraig Reidy and John ...
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• Libel reform campaigners seek £10k damages cap

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 456
  Apology better than payout English libel law imposes disproportionate restrictions on free speech, according to an independent report that recommends 10 changes to the laws. The Ministry of Justice said today that it will launch a consultation on defamation and the internet.… Original post:  Libel reform ...
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• Peter Andre Awarded Libel Damages

  
  Moo News Moo News - Entertainment, Sports, Showbiz, Celebrities & TV — Authority: 521
  Peter Andre has been awarded a substantial amount for libel damages due to false allegations made by Now magazine about his personal life. The IPC Media publication claimed that he misled the public by presenting himself to be a loving husband and father during his marriage to Katie Price. The television ...
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• Ex-Director of Public Prosecutions brands UK libel law an international disgrace

  
  Don't Get Fooled Again — Authority: 125
  Cross-posted from Amnesty blogs I’m just back from the launch of a gobsmacking new report by Index and English PEN, highlighting the abuse of the UK libel system by rich individuals and corporations around the world bent on suppressing criticism of their activities. UK libel law denies most defendants a fair ...
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• UK: Libel law reform campaigners seek £10,000 damages cap

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 149
  English PEN, a charity that promotes the human rights of writers and publishers, and Index on Censorship, a body that promotes freedom of expression, spent a year investigating English libel laws. Their joint report, Free Speech Is Not For Sale , was published today. They say that England’s libel law “was ...
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