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Fatemeh 11:54:11 pm on September 1, 2008 | 0 | # |
Tags: censorship, internet, Malaysia

Malaysia has blocked a controversial blog, which is believed to be the first official crackdown on a local site.
thabet 05:33:14 am on July 27, 2008 | 2 | # |
Tags: blogging, freedom of speech, internet, libel, spck, ssg

Dave Walker, an Anglican blogger and cartoonist, has been threatened with libel action by the owner of Society of Promotion of Christian Knowledge (SPCK) bookshops.

SPCK are owned by Saint Stephen the Great Charitable Trust (SSG), an American Orthodox group.

The cease and desist notice sent to Walker relates to a series of posts on his site regarding the sale of the SPCK bookshops to SSG, who are accused of running the bookshops into the ground.

Warman’s Wire has a detailed series of posts on this issue. There is also an entire blog dedicated to the transfer of SPCK to SSG.
thabet 11:16:49 am on July 11, 2008 | 0 | # |
Tags: bmi, freedom of speech, internet, libel, media, united kingdom

The British Muslim Initiative (BMI) has threatened the blog Harry’s Place with legal action. BNR explains:

UK liberal hawk website Harry’s Place has been threatened with a libel action by the British Muslim Initiative over claims that the BMI’s president, Mohammad Sawalha, had railed against the “[evil Jew/Jewish evil] in Britain” in Arabic. This reported on the Arabic al-Jazeera website, which later changed the wording to “Jewish lobby in Britain” (without the “evil” bit), as if that were somehow better. Medyan Dairieh, who wrote the al-Jazeera article, complained in the comments that it was all down to a spelling mistake.