Andy McSmith reports: Max Mosley, the former president of Formula One, was in a European court yesterday hoping to secure a new law barring newspapers from publishing details of people’s private lives without forewarning. Mr Mosley is asking the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to make it illegal for a newspaper to publish…
Category: Court
Charges Dropped Against Airport Stripper
Associated Press reports: A man who stripped to his underwear at a Richmond International Airport checkpoint to protest security procedures won’t face a criminal charge. Media outlets report that a disorderly conduct charge against 21-year-old Aaron Tobey of Charlottesville was dropped Monday following a hearing in Henrico General District Court. Read more on MSNBC.
Children & Parents Sued for Alleged Hacking and Cyber-Bullying
Bridget Freeland reports: Parents of a 13-year-old Jane Doe sued two of their daughter’s classmates and their parents, claiming the parents negligently let their kids hack into Jane’s Gmail and turn it into a “Google/Buzz” account – allowing for more direct interaction – and then, posing as Jane, posted “vile, sexual and violent” comments, including…
E-mail addresses of registered sex offenders now harder to find
Felisa Cardona reports: Sex offenders don’t want the government to know what they are doing online or posting on news and social-networking sites and intend to challenge e-mail registry requirements to the U.S. Supreme Court. Colorado and other states are taking notice of legal challenges to sex-offender registry database requirements and recently scaled back e-mail…