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LIBEL SUITS AGAINST BLOGS HAVE BEEN IFFY ? I wrote an article on that a couple of years ago ? but ?

By Glenn Reynolds

LIBEL SUITS AGAINST BLOGS HAVE BEEN IFFY — I wrote an article on that a couple of years ago — but Mickey Kaus’s discussion for some reason made me think of this New Yorker cartoon. Remember, just because “actual malice” is a tough standard to meet doesn’t mean you aren’t in big trouble if someone meets it. And Section 230 protects publishers, but the original source isn’t off the hook.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on July 07, 2009 (boomark / email).