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Courts Begin To Frown On Online Badmouthing

Posted by timothy on from the daddy-what's-a-blacklist dept.

Whistler's Mother writes: "Employers are winning key legal victories against former workers who criticize them online. Rulings in the waning days of 2001 could have a chilling effect on workers' use of cyberspace for years to come, civil libertarians say. The battle over Internet free speech also is heating up as more firms crack down on grousing by laid-off staff. Read the whole story here."

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  2. What about badmouthing /. by Ydna · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, it's still okay to badmouth how Slashdot editors reject all my stories, right?

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    "The great thing about multitasking is that several things can go wrong at once." -me

  3. Oh, great. by CleverNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, it looks like I'm finished.

  4. US Government Issues Clarification on 1st amendmnt by Dr.+Awktagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Today the US Supreme Court held an unprecedented press conference, clarifying certain important issues in the Constitution.

    "After completing several years of scholarly research and deliberation, it turns out we were wrong. The First Amendment is actually all about a FREE PEACH." said head Justice William H. Rehnquist.

    "So therefore," continued Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, "we will be issuing no further judgements that allow anyone to say what they want." She paused to take a large noisy bite from a delicious peach and let the juice run down her chin. "Mmm, free peach." Justice Clarence Thomas nodded in agreement as he recalled the beautiful peach groves in his home town of Savannah Georgia.

    "In fact, anyone who wants to say something, will have to pay us first. The highest bidder will win any case that comes before us." O'Connor added between mouthfuls. "It was quite amusing to think that we actually wasted so much time and split so many hairs on this subject before. Now the free market can work its magic."

    The Supreme Court also will soon be issuing notices to all newspapers and web sites, informing them that they are now under control of the government.

    Furthermore, all peach growers will be subsidized by the government, so that all citizens may enjoy their right to free peach.

    Anyone criticizing these changes will be shot.