The mother of a 16-year-old boy said she was only being a good mother when she locked him out of his Facebook account after reading he had driven home at 150km/h one night because he was mad at a girl. His response: a harassment complaint at the local courthouse. “If I’m found guilty on this…
Category: Court
Prosecutor who unmasked blogger may not have immunity – court
As a follow-up to a case in Florida that was mentioned on this site last year, there’s a decision in the case of Tom Rich and his wife, who had sued the Jacksonville Police Department for “outing” Rich to his church as the author of a blog critical of the church. Rich had been blogging…
Judge Demands $50 Million From Plain Dealer
I was waiting for the other shoe to drop on this one, and now it has. As reported previously, the Cleveland Plain Dealer recently unmasked an online commenter and identified her as a judge. Now the judge is suing the paper for $50 million. Jeff Gorman of Courthouse News reports: A state court judge demands…
UK: High Court ruling serves as a warning against any moderation of user comments
A blog owner can avoid liability for user-generated content that appears on his site without being checked or moderated, the High Court has ruled. But fixing the spelling or grammar in users’ posts could lose him that protection, it said. The Court ruled that the operator of blogging site Labourhome.org could not have a libel…