Obtuse libel laws are stifling freedom of speech on the internet...

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Obtuse libel laws are stifling freedom of speech on the internet...

09-02-2006, 02:11 PM,

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Obtuse libel laws are stifling freedom of speech on the internet...

...and only protecting one group - lawyers

Quote:The government faces severe criticism for failing to tackle the confusion over how defamation law applies to online publications, four years after a Law Commission report urged that the issue be clarified.

Experts who gave evidence to the 2002 inquiry have told Guardian Unlimited that "nothing has changed" since it warned that current legislation exposed a "possible conflict" with human rights' free speech requirements...

The issue has returned to the spotlight following the recent run-in between the parenting guru Gina Ford, and the mothers' community network, Mumsnet. Founders of the internet site criticised current law as "antediluvian" after Ms Ford attempted to shut down the site when she took offence to comments on its forum...

full article: http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/st...04,00.html

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