Privacy and Free Speech in the Digital Age

Dave Iverson

Jan 9, 2009 at

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A San Francisco chiropractor has sued a former patient for defamation after the patient posted a negative review on the web site Yelp. The case raises questions about the limits of privacy and free speech in an age of mass and instant communication.

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Matt Zimmerman, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

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