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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...surf the World Wide Web, our legal system must also shift to cope with the reputational harm caused by Internet libel. Take for example JuicyCampus.com whose “Most Discussed” section hosts the conversation, “Bitch vs. Cunt: You Decide!” This thread has over 100 replies vilifying two students at Tulane University. The starting post explicitly gives the full names of both girls and is indisputably defamatory. Although such speech in print or by a website publisher would usually warrant a lawsuit, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act grants immunity from...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Too Juicy To Be True? | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...have a precise date for it: April 6 - the day Israel's biggest emergency drill ever starts, when they believe the Israeli Defense Forces juggernaut will roll across the border to finish the job they should have during the 34-day conflict. Although, mind you, there's not a thread of evidence that the Israelis are really going to invade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bracing for a New Hizballah-Israel War | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...main thread of the novel—the story...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nothing Drops in 'Before It Falls' | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...feel. Plus the chant kind of sounds like a shitty Six Flags jingle. The Born Ruffians might still be a few years away from making a great full-length album. The biggest flaw of “Red, Yellow & Blue” is that it lacks a single, continuous thread to string its diverse tracks together. And while this precludes its greatness, the promise and creativity demonstrated by these Canadians is just enough to keep the album afloat...

Author: By Ross S. Weinstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Born Ruffians | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...amid the bamboo-forested hills of Jiangsu province about 125 miles (200 km) west of Shanghai say they were subject to intimidation ranging from officials pressuring their employers to downright murder threats. One stubborn farmer was sent a text message last June that concluded: "Your life hangs by a thread. If you don't come around immediately. I will make sure you get run over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bitter Earth | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

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