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Blogs act beyond the law: Australian bush fire blogs could jeopardise case

February 17, 2009 by Andy Merrett

While courts can slap gagging orders on established media to stop certain information being published, it’s very clear that they have little control over what members of the public post online on blogs and forums.

So it is with the case of Brendan Sokaluk, the man accused of deliberately starting one of the bush fires in Victoria, Australia.

The court may have stopped the newspapers from divulging Sokaluk’s photo and street address, some bloggers have been posting such information online. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Australia, bush fire, Legal, police

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