This is the New York Times coverage of the recent US Supreme Court decision on the “pandering” provisions. Supreme Court Upholds Child Pornography Law – New York Times: “May 20, 2008 Supreme Court Upholds Child…
Another detailed article discussing the recent decision of the US Supreme Court with regards to the so called “pandering” provisions. Justices Uphold Child Porn Law: “Justices Uphold Child Porn Law Case Involved Criminalization Of ‘Pandering’…
The Volokh Conspiracy – BREAKING — Court Upholds Child Porn Law 7-2:: “This morning the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the a federal law prohibiting soliciting the sale or purchase of child pornography by…
Google defends helping police nab defamer: “Google helps police in Pune, India to arrest an user who allegedly posted vulgar information against a top Indian leader. “ (Via Macworld.)
Google under fire again for handing user info to police: “ This time in India Google is under fire again today for cooperating with Indian police trying to track down an Orkut user who had…
BERR consults on ‘root and branch’ review of consumer law: “The Government is planning fundamental changes to UK consumer law, to benefit consumers, reduce burdens for business and help enforcers. A consultation on new proposals…
Law.com Practice Center – Article: “Pa. Justices Hear Arguments Over ‘Control’ of Images in Child Porn Case Authorities found the images in the cache file of man’s Web browser Peter Hall, The Legal Intelligencer, 05-19-2008…
Woman Indicted in MySpace Suicide Case: A Missouri woman is accused of using a phony online identity to taunt a girl, who then committed suicide. In a highly unusual use of a federal law generally…
Interesting to find out about this initiative through a US source. I have not seen any media coverage elsewhere yet. Sounds like a Private Members Bill which probably will not lead into anything concrete. However,…
Syria: Three-Year Sentence for Blogger Tariq Baiasi: On Sunday 11-5-2008 the State Security Court in Damascus stated its verdict on the Syrian blogger Tariq Baiasi who was held in detention since 7-7-2007. Tariq was detained…