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Activists to appeal US judge's ruling on Baidu's censorship |
March 31, 2014
A group of activists are hoping to appeal a U.S. judge’s ruling that treated the censorship on Chinese search engine Baidu as free speech. In making the ruling, District Judge Jesse Furman equated the censorship to a newspaper exercising its editorial right to publish what it wants. But Stephen Preziosi, lawyer for the eight pro-democracy activists, said in an email Saturday that the comparison was wrong, and that the court had a “fundamental misunderstanding” of how search engines work. The appeal is planned to be filed later this week, Preziosi wrote. In 2011, the eight activists filed a lawsuit, claiming that Baidu violates U.S. free speech laws by censoring pro-democracy works on its search engine for users in New York. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2137780/activists-to-appeal-us-judges-ruling-on-baidus-censorship.html#tk.rss_all
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