Last week, I published an article on wikileaks.org being ordered by the U.S. District Court to shut down the site.  This week, Rights Groups are battling this decision as it violates first ammendment rights.  It is a good thing that we have organizations out there that battle decisions like this on behalf of the small guy.  If they did not exist, there would be many new laws and violations of ammendment rights.

I hope all turns out well for wikileak.org and the decision is overturned.  If it is not, it will only give corporate America even more power to shut down the little guy with a voice.

“The First Amendment encompasses the right to receive information and ideas,” the groups said in the brief. “The documents and materials posted on the Wikileaks website concern matters of great public interest” which each of the parties filing the motion had regularly accessed, they said.

(via NYTimes.com)

Trackback URI | Comments RSS