20 Aug 2009 | Index Index, minipost
Vogue cover girl has won a precedent-setting court battle to order Google to unmask an anonymous blogger who called her a “skank” on the internet. Model Liskula Cohen says she has not ruled out suing the blogger. The anonymous remarks targeting Cohen’s hygiene and sexual habits were posted on Google’s Blogger.com. The blogger’s lawyer argued that although the comments may have been disgusting they were opinions and protected as free speech. Read more here
22 Jun 2009 | Index Index, minipost
The controversial Famine Song sung by some Rangers fans is racist, Scottish appeal court judges have ruled. The Justiciary Appeal Court upheld a conviction against William Walls over his conduct at a Rangers away match last year. The 20-year-old’s defence counsel had argued the song was within his right to free speech. Read more here
19 Jun 2009 | Index Index, minipost
Activists across the world are marking the 64th birthday of Burma’s detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, with vigils and protests. Read more here
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