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David Beckham’s Libel Suit Against In Touch Dismissed

As iMediaEthics has previously reported, soccer player David Beckham filed a $25 million lawsuit against In Touch and its parent...

Ukranian newspaper The Kyiv Post is preventing Internet users from the United Kingdom from accessing its site as a protest...

Here are iMediaEthics' picks for the top issues in journalism and media ethics during 2010. 1. Copyright Infringement: The protection of...

The UK Supreme Court revised the libel defense of "fair comment" to be a defense of "honest comment," the Telegraph reported....

Sense about Science and five media advocacy groups created a new guide explaining libel law to UK bloggers, Journalism.co.uk reported....

Is this signaling the end of libel tourism? In an interesting twist, The Daily Express reports that Irma Nici, who...

In mid-August, President Barack Obama signed into law the SPEECH Act. The new law, quickly passed by the House of...

Because Britain's libel laws are more friendly to the public than the media, American-based media outlets and writers sometimes find...

Libel laws in Britain might become a little less public-friendly and a little more media-friendly. That is, if changes to legislation...

On November 10, two British freedom of expression organizations--the Index on Censorship (IOC) and English PEN--released a report recommending a...