Liberty Conference

A very interesting piece is found online at the New York Times website about the Internet and its effects on free speech.  While the Internet has been a boon to free speech worldwide, it can also cause some headaches.   The quote below gives a pretty good summary of the point of the article, but I encourage folks to read it in its entirety. 

“In the Internet age, almost every American book can be bought in Britain. That means American authors are subject to being sued under British libel law, which in some cases puts the initial burden on the defendant to prove the truth of what she has written. British libel law is so tilted against writers that the United Nations Human Rights Committee criticized it last month for discouraging discussion of important matters of public interest.”

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