Mexico

Opinion: Newspapers may be able to capitalize on exposés

In the wake of The New York Times scoop on Walmart’s alleged bribery of Mexican officials, Felix Salmon of Reuters suggests that it would not have been unethical for the Times to make money on the story by selling it to hedge funds a day before publication. -db From a commentary for Reuters, April 24, 2012, by Felix Salmon. Full story    

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Free speech: Mexican citizens murdered for using Internet to speak out against drug violence

Mexican drug cartels are murdering journalists and bloggers using the Internet and social media to protest the cartels’ drug-related violence. The Electronic Freedom Foundation makes some suggestions for Mexican citizens who want to continue the protests, “EFF recommends that bloggers who are concerned about their security and safety should post under a pseudonym, use Tor to prevent eavesdroppers from seeing the sites they visit and prevent websites from collecting data that might reveal their physical

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