Friday, March 4

Daily Mail and the Sun convicted of contempt of court

For the first time  a court in England has convicted two newspapers, the Daily Mail and the Sun, of contempt of court in breach of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, for the publication of a photograph relating to an ongoing criminal trial  on their websites.
UK Human Rights Blog, March 3, 2011 by Adam Wagner: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2011/03/03/warning-for-bloggers-and-tweeters-as-newspapers-found-guilty-of-contempt-of-court/

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