On the advice of its legal counsel, an in-depth story in today’s old tree version of the New York Times has been held off NYTimes.com. The story maps out the mounting evidence against the suspected terrorists arrested in Britain, and as a result, it may break British law prohibiting “publication of the information that could be deemed prejudicial to defendants charged with a crime.” Appropriately, the Times publicly disclosed why it made the decision, but it raises interesting issues of how online journalism occasionally must take foreign laws into account.
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It’s going to be interesting to see how sites are forced into politics now. Google decided to follow China laws. NYTimes is cooperating with the Brits. In a global economy, how do you decide? Only go with laws you agree with? Choose from friendly countries (or potentially big customers)? And will the US State Dept. try to intervene when a story runs counter to its interests?
The whole concept is fascinating.
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