Pennsylvania divorce brings free-speech wrangle after man defies judge with online rants

Bitter online postings during a child custody battle put a Pennsylvania man in conflict with a Bucks County judge over the man’s First Amendment rights. The judge ordered the man to take down a website PsychoExWife.com castigating his ex-wife. Two days after the order, two new postings appeared one of which pledged to honor the [...]

EFF argues anti-stalking law a threat to online speech

The Electric Freedom Foundation issued a press release arguing that using the federal anti-stalking law to prosecute people for criticizing public figures on Twitter threatens First Amendment rights to online free speech. The  federal law was  enacted to criminalize traveling across state lines for the purpose of stalking but now is being to stifle speech. [...]

Adult services ads: Some see Craigslist shut down as tactic

Analysts say that by shutting its adult services section, Craigslist may be playing to public opinion while considering its options. -db The New York Times September 5, 2010 By Claire Cain Miller SAN FRANCISCO — Craigslist, by shutting off its “adult services” section and slapping a “censored” label in its place, may be engaging in [...]

Craigslist drops adult services section

Craigslist removed its website sexual ads last week, replacing the link with the word “censored.” -db San Francisco Chronicle September 5, 2010 By James Temple SAN FRANCISCO – After years of mounting public pressure, Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a battle over sexual ads on its website that some viewed as a test case [...]

Craigslist critics run ad charging service provides venue for selling sex with underage girls

Human rights advocates claimed that Craigslist  is the choice for selling sex with underage girls and in a newspaper ad called for the company to close down its adult services section that generated $36 million last year. -db San Francisco Chronicle May 20, 2010 By Benny Evangelista Critics of Craigslist’s adult advertisements have taken their [...]

Online free speech: Damages a possibility in Universal Musics takedown of dancing baby

A federal judge ruled that a mother could get compensation from Universal Music for forcing YouTube to remove a 29-second video of her toddler son dancing to a Prince song. -db The Recorder March 1, 2010 By Zusha Elinson Universal Music might have to pay for pulling video of a dancing baby off YouTube. U.S. [...]