27 Sep 10 | Index Index, minipost
A convicted sex offender has sued Google after he found that an instant search of his name on Google.fr was accompanied with the words “rapist”, “Satanist”, “convicted” and “prison”. A court in Paris has ordered the internet giant to pay 5,000 euros and remove the search suggestions, which are generated automatically. The plaintiff, who is appealing against a three-month sentence for corruption of a minor, believed the search results were harmful to his reputation. Google has said it will appeal the decision.
21 Sep 10 | Index Index, minipost
Lady Justice Smith today refused blogger and activist Johanna Kaschke the right to appeal against a judgement which deemed her suing of David Osler an abuse of process.
In 2008 Kaschke sued the labour blogger Osler for libel, reacting to a post on his site which referenced an article in leading German news publication Der Spiegel. This article reported her wrongful arrest by German police in 1975.
21 Sep 10 | Digital Freedom, Index Index, minipost
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced on Friday that a blogger in Calvary faces five charges related to his website. John Kelly, 53, has long been highly critical of Calgary police officers, using his site to accuse officers of “perjury, corruption and destroying evidence” according to the RCMP. Charges include four counts of publishing libellous statements on the Internet against specific police officers between November 2009 and Sept. 4, 2010. Critics of the Defamatory Libel law assert that it “violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”.
14 Sep 10 | Uncategorized
Mr Justice Tugendhat has just been appointed as Judge in Charge of the Queen’s Bench Jury and Non-Jury Lists, replacing the much maligned Mr Justice Eady. Tugendhat is generally viewed as more friendly to the media. While it’s unlikely that there’ll be radical change (after all, we’re still stuck with English libel law) Tugs (as he’s affectionately known) is considered to have a more thoughtful and balanced approach. He also studied in the States, which means that he’s likely to bring a more global perspective — which is very much needed.
Lots more over at Inforrm
