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30,000 Twitter users could face legal action
The attempt to use super-injunctions to gag the media in the internet age reaches new levels of absurdity.
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Wikipedia founder opens new front in privacy battle
Monday, 23 May 2011
Lawyers and celebrities seeking to prevent the world knowing their indiscretions have another hurdle in their path – Wikipedia – after its founder, Jimmy Wales, pledged to resist pressure to censor entries.
Media Diary: Chasing the last of the offline
Monday, 23 May 2011
New figures from the Office for National Statistics last week showing that nearly 9 million Britons have never used the internet do not deter Martha Lane Fox, the digital tsar.
James Corrigan: Twitter gave fans and stars chance to interact... then the nutters logged on
Monday, 23 May 2011
The Way I See It: Naturally, as more superstars signed up, the superstars began interacting mainly with each other and so the common tweeter felt like a voyeur
Paper claims to identify gag order footballer
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Title publishes thinly concealed front page photograph of a player.
Judge calls for new era of online controls in attack on ‘those who peddle lies’
Saturday, 21 May 2011
Footballer orders Twitter to identify users who named him / Lord Chief Justice also criticises MPs who break gags in House
Rwanda leader in rights abuse row on Twitter
Monday, 16 May 2011
Rob Hastings: Having faced pointed censure from the United Nations and Amnesty International during his decade-long rule of Rwanda, President Paul Kagame has had plenty of experience at learning how to deal with criticism.
Gossip frenzy! And the law is left looking an ass
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Thanks to the net, stories that aren't remotely true can circulate freely.
The most dangerous woman in America?
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Robert Chalmers meets Pamela Geller, queen of the extremist bloggers.
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