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Media freedom developing in unique way in Dubai

donal brown April 12, 2010

A radio host in Dubai constantly balances the need to respect government restrictions on expression while bringing important topics into public debate. -db MediaShift April 7, 2010 By Stephen Ward Around the world, dozens of organizations, from Freedom House to Reporters Without Borders, advance the ideal of a free press and a free citizenry. The ideal suggests there is one type of free press to be secured globally: the Western model of a constitutionally protected

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News publications reconsider policy on anonymous online comments

donal brown April 12, 2010

Momentum gathers for changes in policies governing anonymous comments in online publications. Publications are looking more favorably on trusted sources willing to reveal their identities. -db The New York Times April 11, 2010 By Richard Pérez-Peńa From the start, Internet users have taken for granted that the territory was both a free-for-all and a digital disguise, allowing them to revel in their power to address the world while keeping their identities concealed. A New Yorker

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County judge sues newspaper for linking her e-mail account to online posts

donal brown April 12, 2010

An Ohio judge is suing the Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer for $50 million in damages for violating their privacy policy in revealing that the judge’s daughter wrote more than 80 posts on legal matters for their online edition. The newspaper claimed that questions about the propriety of the comments outweighed the privacy interests of the person posting the comments. -db The Plain Dealer April 8, 2010 By Leila Atassi CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cuyahoga County

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British libel law reform shelved after stall in Parliament

donal brown April 12, 2010

The Labour government put aside legislation to reform libel laws after opposition developed in Parliament over fears that lawyers would not take libel cases given the law’s provision to cut their fees. The law had been widely anticipated for its promise to end “libel tourism” and preserve fee speech. -db The Independent UK April 8, 2010 By Robert Verkaik Plans to cut the profits of law firms who bring libel claims against the media have

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California state senator says e-mail about Palin speaking fee illegally withheld

donal brown April 11, 2010

A California state senator trying to get the California State University Stanislaus to disclose the fee it will pay Sarah Palin for speaking at a campus event in June claims that he can prove the school withheld information about the event that should be public. -db San Francisco Chronicle April 8, 2010 By Bob Egelko A Bay Area lawmaker who’s trying to force disclosure of Sarah Palin’s speaking fee for her upcoming $500-a-plate event at

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