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Trying To Keep Tweeters From Being In Contempt?
- Gigaom, Wednesday, December 4, 2013 2:53 PM
The rules, described on the UK Attorney General’s website, purport to “help prevent social media users from committing a contempt of court,” and are an attempt to extend traditional media publication bans to the public at large. The move comes at a time when UK courts, which regularly issue publication bans that would be unthinkable in America, are losing their power to muzzle information.
