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Cyberattacks on e-mail accounts of Chinese human right activists may force Google to quit China

donal brown January 13, 2010

Google may yet be forced to abandon the lucrative Chinese market after it gained access by agreeing to remove banned topics from its site. Hackers are attempting to invade the Gmail accounts of human rights activists along with the accounts of at least 20 large companies in the finance, technology, media and chemical sectors. -DB The New York Times January 13, 2010 By Andrew Jacobs and Miguel Helft BEIJING – Google, facing an assault by hackers

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Prop 8 hearing: Strict enforcement of laws against assault needed rather than curtailing TV coverage

donal brown January 12, 2010

A Citizen Media Law Project blogger argues that the Supreme Court should recognize that it is against California law to assault witnesses and that not televising the proceedings will not protect witnesses in what promises to be a widely publicized event. To allow the broadcast on YouTube would provide a boost to freedom of the press and greater access for millions of Americans who would then be able to see our justice system at work.

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Republicans claim health care bill violates transparency law

donal brown January 12, 2010

Twenty-three Republican senators sent a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid claiming that the health care bill violated the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. -DB Politico January 12, 2010 Twenty-three Republican senators sent a letter Tuesday to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) seeking a full accounting of provisions within the health care bill that benefitted individual states. They argue it violates the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. The Honest

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Coalition files amicus brief supporting Northwestern University students with records under subpoena

donal brown January 12, 2010

A friend-of-the-court brief has been filed in support of Northwestern University journalism students working on a project seeking to prove the innocence of convicts under sentence for murder. The State Attorney is seeking their notes, interview tapes and other records to discredit their work on the project. -DB Student Press Law Center Press Release January 11, 2010 The Student Press Law Center filed a friend-of-the-court brief today on behalf of a coalition of journalism organizations

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2009 a bad year for free speech online

donal brown January 12, 2010

2009 was not a good year for free speech online as China and Iraq set a dismal standard. Even democratic countries considered ways to censor online expression. -DB MediaShift January 11, 2010 By Clothilde Le Coz 2009 was an unprecedented year for online repression. For the first time since the Internet emerged as a tool for public use, there are currently 100 bloggers and cyber-dissidents imprisoned worldwide as a result of posting their opinions online

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