Blogs, Legal Issues, and the EFF

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is one of the few (very few) organizations today that work for the ‘little guy’ (or gal).

As freedom of speech wanes, it’s important to know what you can (and cannot) say. The EFF states it well on their site:

“None of this should stop you from blogging. Freedom of speech is the foundation of a functioning democracy, and Internet bullies shouldn’t use the law to stifle legitimate free expression.”

Some interesting points:

• Journalism and Blogging do go well together – especially if you need legal protection for sources.
• What is considered private can be rather surprising – and you should be up on it if you like to blog big secrets.
• If you are an ISP, you can be protected from what bloggers write on your server – and in fact, you (as a blogger) might also be protected if you open your blog to comments

Well worth a glance – give it a look-see soon.

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