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Why Twitter Scares The Hell Out Of Hollywood

4:47AM Richard Rushfield | While most of the world is latching onto Twitter as a lifeline to break through the media clutter in desperate times, an increasing number in Hollywood are seeing it as something else entirely — a threat to everything they hold precious. More »
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Google Will Snitch On Your Anonymous Skank Blog, Says Lawyer

6:46AM Ryan Tate | Julie Hilden is not happy with Google. The company was “cowardly” and “fence sitting” in a lawsuit exposing an anonymous blogger who badmouthed a model, the lawyer wrote on FindLaw. In other words, Blogger.com doesn’t have your back, namecallers. More »
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Everybody Wants Google To Rat Someone Out

11:47PM Hamilton Nolan | That which we feared most hath come to pass: Mean, anonymous people are being forcefully purged from the internet, with lawsuits. First the skankblogger affair, and now it’s happening again! Sort of. More »
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White House Arrests Hero Journalist

7:04AM Pareene | Brenda Lee, a reporter from the Georgia Informer, was dragged screaming from Air Force One today by Secret Service agents, simply for the crime of being nuts. More »