528 An Israeli Law for Censorship of Web Comments

Global Voices has a good roundup of the Israeli debate over a law that would make administrators of Web sites that get more than 50,000 hits a day legally responsible for libelous comments posted on their sites. The law passed the first round of voting in the Knesset on January 16. Opponents argue the law would restrict free speech. Proponents argue a large Web site can damage a reputation as much as a newspaper can and so should be held to the same legal standards.

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