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Online news archives 'risk contempt'

19.02.2008

Online news providers should be forced to remove sensitive news stories from their archives during some trials, the former Lord Chancellor has told the BBC.

In an interview for Radio 4's Law in Action, due to be broadcast on...

Category: Online journalism, Search engines, Social media

Wikileaks plugged by court order

18.02.2008

The Wikileaks website, set up to allow the anonymous posting of corporate or government documents for "public analysis", has been gagged by order of a US court, it has announced.

The wiki reports that the Swiss bank Julius Baer...

Category: Online journalism, Social media

News Corp stalks the corridors of search

14.02.2008

Rupert Murdoch is reportedly eyeing a significant stake in Yahoo, in return for a portion of his News Corporation's online portfolio. According to the News Corp-owned Wall Street Journal, Murdoch and Yahoo chief executive Jerry...

Category: MSN, Search engines, Social media, Video sharing, Yahoo