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| Filipinos face 12 years in prison for online libel under new law The Seattle Times The new law against cybercrime includes a disputed provision that imposes much steeper penalties for committing libel on the Internet than offline. It allows police to shut down websites and do some monitoring of email and online activity without a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mongaya: Not just online libel Sun.Star WITH a week spent reading all kinds of materials online and talking with different people in social media and offline, I realized that online libel was not the only objectionable provision of the Cybercrime Prevention Law. Least discussed was online ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Hulk Hogan sex video surfaces online ABS CBN News The wrestling legend is taking legal action after a two-minute clip of him cavorting with a mystery brunette -- who is neither his ex-wife Linda Bollea nor his current spouse Jennifer McDaniel -- appeared online. His legal representatives told TMZ that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Area Opinions LubbockOnline.com Thoroughly rejecting claims the Texas Open Meetings Act violates First Amendment rights of elected officials, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the law that requires public business to be conducted in public. Council members from a variety ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Texas not joining national sex offender registry LubbockOnline.com The Houston Chronicle reported Saturday that officials say it would take an estimated $38 million to modify the state's existing registry program. Therefore, the state is willing to risk losing about $1.4 million in grant money to help local agencies ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Campaign turns to being honest with American voters LubbockOnline.com The Obama campaign released a series of online videos, each with the mantra, "Romney won't tell the truth," about Medicare, energy, taxes and more. Romney campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg in turn ... Obama didn't have that challenge in this ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Critical mass' key to affirmative action case LubbockOnline.com Under state law, most UT students are admitted automatically based on their high school GPA, with race playing no role. But for the smaller ... History isn't central to the legal issues in the affirmative action debate, but it's an issue at UT-Austin ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| September Freedoms Manila Bulletin While I find it heartening to see people very much passionate about protecting their online freedom and rights, I am also quite dismayed at the belated avowals. This law, before it was signed by the president, had been deliberated on for more than a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NC family hopes for release of man in Ga. prison Online Athens Georgia has a so-called stand your ground law on the books that allows people to use deadly force if their lives are in danger. But John McNeil was charged anyway, nine months after the shooting. The case has since prompted calls from the NAACP and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Now search for consultant to kickstart intelligence grid Northern Voices Online (blog) The official said an attempt had been made last year too, but it had failed to get a consultant to manage and implement the project that aims to integrate intelligence data into one system so that enforcement agencies could easily track law breakers ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Laws Could Significantly Affect Australian Marketers PR Web (press release) Samuel Junghenn founder of Online Marketing Agency Think Big Online says this would significantly affect all business owners. "The new rules being considered by the Senate would mean that all direct marketing would require an opt out, this includes ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Net 'witch hunts' could mean jail Bangkok Post The experts told forum yesterday that people who join in with barrages of harsh and potentially slanderous online comments against any person _ termed a witch hunt _ could be jailed for up to five years for breaking the computer and cyber crime laws. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New state law requires data breach report to AG Waterbury Republican American A link to the email address and a Web page detailing the new law's requirements are available online, at www.ct.gov/ag. Connecticut law, Jepsen said, generally requires anyone who conducts business in Connecticut and who owns, licenses or maintains ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Glitch found in new online voter registration system in New York Elmira Star-Gazette ... think-tank at the New York University School of Law, touted the success of the system in increasing voter access, regardless of "tweaks" that might be necessary. She said the online voter registration is being used in several other states without ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| From the Executive Editor: Ask newsmakers questions online St. Cloud Times Today's watchdog report charts the overtime costs for area law enforcement agencies. Times staff writer Kari Petrie started by looking at salaries of St. Cloud city employees with an eye to the overtime totals for the St. Cloud Police Department. She ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| State seeks to lower crashes caused by emergencies Online Athens The new effort involves classroom time, online simulation and realistic challenges in a mock-up trainer the way pilots learn and hone their skills. The Georgia Department of Public Safety is working with the Georgia Sheriff's Association, which has ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Romney Raises $12 Million Online After Strong Debate Performance Human Events Mitt Romney's strong debate performance Wednesday night has generated $12 million in online contributions, his campaign said, as well as a surge in volunteers and bigger crowds at his events. The $12 million the campaign reports raising in less than 48 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ethics commission rules Houston man broke law Houston Herald The Missouri Ethics Commission unanimously decided a Houston man violated state law while campaigning against an Ozarks Technical College issue in August 2011. In the ruling ... An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety. You need ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Does open meeting law hinder the UVa Board of Visitors? The Daily Progress His emails to Dragas, in which he was commenting to her about online education, were among the first made public as a result of open-records requests. And, as chairman of the Council of Foundations, a group that brings together the various foundations ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Congress members' holdings up for view The Advocate Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, accepting a $2,000 tuxedo as a gift from a friend, Congress is putting more financial information online. While much financial information was already available, the STOCK Act, signed into law in April, went fully into ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| After Connecticut Legalizes Medical Marijuana, Now What? Litchfield County Times Under Connecticut's law, an application for a temporary registration certificate will be available online and registration will involve a three-step process. Doctors initiate the process by certifying patients, who then can go online to complete the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gmail lawsuit an 'are-you-kidding-me' type case, says US academic Calgary Herald The company has been mining users' online information to target them with advertising for years. Photograph by: Justin Sullivan , Getty Images. If the B.C. lawsuit against Google for its data ... Similar cases have been launched in the United States ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Documentary film: "The House I Live In" The Economist BACK in the early 1990s, Mike Godwin, a lawyer and frequent participant in online discussion groups, made an observation that came to be known as Godwin's Law. It states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison to Hitler ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| No Demonstrations in Pakistan When Christian Girls Raped Catholic Online KNOXVILLE, TN (Catholic Online) - Just about the time that the demonstrations over the infamous video clip about the prophet Muhammad seem to be dying down, I am reminded of the degradation that Christians suffer in Muslim countries and the hypocrisy ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sex Trafficking On Backpage.com: Much Ado About (Statistically) Nothing TechCrunch The anti-CDA230 legislation introduced in Washington State earlier this year would impose "an age verification obligation on anyone that publishes online prostitution ads… requiring documentary proof that the depicted model is an adult," Internet Law ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| ON MAINE POLITICS: GOP attack on King's taxes forget's Summers' lower rate Morning Sentinel According to Wikipedia, there are roughly 9.1 million subscribers to the online video game World of Warcraft. So it makes sense that some folks in that community are going to hear about the Maine Republican Party mailer and press statement criticizing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 125th District race: Robbins, O'Dea, Bedell give answers Wilton Bulletin Mr. Bedell answered first, saying while corporations have certain legal rights, they do not vote and therefore should not have the right to spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns. With an obligation to maximize profits for shareholders ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Enrile defends online libel provision in anti-cybercrime law | SciTech ... While he is open to amendments to the Cybercrime Prevention Act, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Sunday defended the need for a provision penalizing online libel, which he said provides redress against destruction of one's ... GMA News Online | ||
| Filipinos face 12 years in prison for online libel under new law By Cass The Philippines new law against cybercrime includes a disputed provision that imposes much steeper penalties for committing libel on the Internet than offline. More... Don't forget to like us on. Legal Forums | Law Forums | ||
| Philippines gags internet with 'draconian' cyber crime law | _ By Sunfire He stressed that while the bill was in action it will have a "chilling effect over the entire Philippines online community." The new legislation extends Philippines libel law, which has been previously contested by Human Rights Watch, into ... _ |
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| Gov. Jerry Brown signs online privacy laws - Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — College students will have free digital access to many textbooks, receive more warning about tuition hikes and have their social media ... articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/28/.../la-me-brown-bills-201209... | ||
| Filipinos face 12 years in prison for online libel under new law ... LOS ANGELES — Filipinos who libel others on Facebook, Twitter or elsewhere online could be jailed for up to 12 years under a law that went into effect last ... seattletimes.com/text/2019362824.html | ||
| Obama signs law delaying online posting of execs' finances ... President Obama signed a bill Friday that delays until early December the online posting of thousands of senior federal employees' personal financial disclosure ... www.federaltimes.com/.../Obama-signs-law-delaying-online-p... |
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