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AP can't get Arkansas computer-use records
The Associated Press has fallen short in its bid for details on which state-owned computers were used to edit Wikipedia entries about Arkansas officials,…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Judge: "Bump messages" are not republication
So-called "bump messages" -- new comments made to older messages in order to move them back up to prominent positions on a Web…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Appeals court hears arguments in anonymous speech case
A Maryland appeals court heard oral arguments Monday over the outing of anonymous Web writers responsible for posting online allegedly defamatory…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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College gossip site creator unapologetic at student Q&A
JuicyCampus.com founder Matt Ivester, whose site has been criticized as profiting from invasion of college students’ privacy and tarnishing their…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Arizona attorney general approves online school board meetings
Arizona's attorney general declared in a legal opinion Monday that it would not violate state open-government laws for some school board…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Bungling of old United Airlines bankruptcy story prompts debate
The Tribune Co. probably needn't worry about a libel suit after last week's mishap over an archived article on the 2002…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Calif. city manager blocks local blogs from staff computers
To the lengthy list of Web sites blocked on city employees' computers in Vallejo, Calif., which so far includes pornography, social networking and…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Judge sides with Va. woman who posted Social Security numbers on Web
A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Virginia woman who posted on her Web site the Social Security numbers…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Outing of anonymous Web writer in defamation suit prompts confusion
It was news enough earlier this month when two Yale law students publicly outed an anonymous message board writer they…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Reports are in of journalists being harassed, detained in China
With the Olympics underway, reports are streaming in from China this week of foreign journalists being detained, having photos deleted…Categorized in Newsgathering