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Friday, December 01, 2006 4:47 PM

SF open-government committee wants federal Shield Law

It would be nice to see groups across the country come out for this. In San Francisco, a Sunshine committee has voted to support a federal Shield law. The Shield law is also an SPJ priority. SPJ's FYI FOI blog and its esteemed chairman Joel Campbell
posted by DaveAeikens | 0 Comments
Friday, December 01, 2006 4:40 PM

NY Times researcher must stay in Chinese prison

Zhao Yan is expected to complete his three-sentence in September after a Chinese court rejected the appeal of his fraud conviction. The Times has  the details: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/world/asia/01zhao.html?_r=1&ref=media&oref=slogi
posted by DaveAeikens | 0 Comments
Friday, December 01, 2006 1:57 AM

Federal law protects online publication of defamatory posts made by others

A recent ruling by the California Supreme Court intepreting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act highlights the differences between online publishing and traditional print publishing. Web sites with reader comment, forums and story chat features
posted by MikeKnaak | 0 Comments