The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide if former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft can be sued for wrongfully detaining people as witnesses after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The high court said it will take up Ashcroft’s appeal of the 9th Circuit’sruling last September allowing University of Idaho student Abdullah al-Kidd to sue…
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Toronto cop’s lawsuit shows bubble may be bursting for anonymous online comments
Anonymous speech is under attack recently. Mike Barber reports: This month, Thomson Reuters, one of the largest media companies in the world, announced it would no longer allow anonymous comments on its website, citing the comments’ “repetition, taste, legal risk or political bias.” The shift away from creating an online community, once the focus of…
Minneapolis police sued over strip search on street
David Chanen reports: In most police misconduct lawsuits, it’s the victim’s word against the officer’s. Recardo Meeks has the video. It shows two Minneapolis officers doing a strip and body cavity search on a city street and is now a key piece of evidence in Meeks’ complaint and lawsuit against the city. While police Chief…
Google ordered to reveal identities of YouTube uploaders (updated)
Carla Franklin, a business consultant who was offended by videos of her being uploaded to YouTube without her consent and by comments calling her a “whore” said she wants to sue the people who uploaded the video and made the comments, but to do that, she needs Google to reveal their identities. And for…