Normally, Garrido v. Krasnansky, a divorce case playing out in Vermont family court, would be of little interest to anyone but the couple involved. But the court has ordered the husband to stop posting blog items about his wife and their crumbled marriage, possibly turning an ordinary divorce into a much broader battle over free speech on the Internet.
Education Law case upholding a teacher's 1st Amendment rights. Pickering submitted a letter to a local newspaper criticizing the local school board and administration's expenditures on athletics among other assertions and was fired. While his letter contained some erroneous information, the US Supreme court ruled that the teacher's job should be reinstated for a number of reasons...
University of Florida President Bernie Machen said Monday's takedown, in which the student loudly yelled, "Don't Tase me, bro!" was "regretful." He asked for a state probe of campus police actions and placed two officers on leave.
The student in the middle of it all, 21-year-old Andrew Meyer, had no comment after he was released on his recognizance on various charges following a night in jail.
The popular online hangout MySpace has blocked parts of Photobucket, complaining that the Web hosting service has been encouraging users to incorporate an ad-supported slideshow into their MySpace personal profile pages. Photobucket CEO Alex Welch accused MySpace of limiting free expression & treating users as a commodity. MySpace's complaint is over a slideshow promoting the Spider-Man movie.
Last week, Tim O’Reilly, a conference promoter and book publisher who is credited with coining the term Web 2.0, began working with Jimmy Wales, creator of the communal online encyclopedia Wikipedia, to create a set of guidelines to shape online discussion and debate. The preliminary recommendations posted by Mr. Wales and Mr. O’Reilly are based in part on a code developed by BlogHer.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply divided today on whether a high school student’s banner proclaiming “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” outside an Alaska high school was protected speech or a message that school authorities could suppress because it ran counter to their policies against the promotion of illegal drugs. The court is expected to make a ruling in June.
A school board trustee has come under fire for taking legal action against an anonymous blogger "Orthomom" who has written a number of scathing criticisms on her blog about the trustee's lack of support for private school students. Many support Orthomom's right to free speech. My question is, does she have any responsibility to reveal her identity, rather than attacking the trustee anonymously?
Several states are considering crackdowns to curb or outlaw the behavior. South Carolina has already passed a law that allows schools to punish cyberbullying and Rhode Island, Oregon, Arkansas and New Jersey are mulling such policies. Some bills have gotten held up due to free speech concerns. Some people say that you can't legislate norms, you can only teach them.
The California Supreme Court said yesterday that Internet publishers could not be held liable if they posted defamatory comments written by others. “It’s good news for free speech on the Internet because the Internet can’t be the vibrant forum for free speech that it’s become if users and Internet service providers alike have to worry about getting sued when they republish something..."
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Normally, Garrido v. Krasnansky, a divorce case playing out in Vermont family court, would be of little interest to anyone but the couple involved. But the court has ordered the husband to stop posting blog items about his wife and their crumbled marriage, possibly turning an ordinary divorce into a much broader battle over free speech on the Internet.
Education Law case upholding a teacher's 1st Amendment rights. Pickering submitted a letter to a local newspaper criticizing the local school board and administration's expenditures on athletics among other assertions and was fired. While his letter contained some erroneous information, the US Supreme court ruled that the teacher's job should be reinstated for a number of reasons...
University of Florida President Bernie Machen said Monday's takedown, in which the student loudly yelled, "Don't Tase me, bro!" was "regretful." He asked for a state probe of campus police actions and placed two officers on leave. The student in the middle of it all, 21-year-old Andrew Meyer, had no comment after he was released on his recognizance on various charges following a night in jail.
Last week, Tim O’Reilly, a conference promoter and book publisher who is credited with coining the term Web 2.0, began working with Jimmy Wales, creator of the communal online encyclopedia Wikipedia, to create a set of guidelines to shape online discussion and debate. The preliminary recommendations posted by Mr. Wales and Mr. O’Reilly are based in part on a code developed by BlogHer.
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