• New York Times, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 3:30 PM

In this age of celebrity journalism, how much privacy are public figures allowed?

That issue is discussed at length in this New York Times piece dissecting a case before the European Court of Human Rights. Max Mosley, a Briton and former president of the governing body of Formula One auto racing, made a legal bid "to require news organizations to notify the subjects of articles before publication." That bid was defeated because it would have had a "chilling effect" on free speech, according to the court.

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