Submission + - Facebook, Yahoo and AOL plead for UK free speech (zdnet.co.uk)
superglaze writes: A variety of web companies, along with the UK's ISP Association, have written an open letter to prime minister David Cameron, calling for an upcoming revision to English libel law to take the internet fully into account. In the UK, an offending printed article can lead to a defamation suit up to one year after its publication, but on the web every time the content is viewed it counts as a new publication. This means that years-old articles can spark libel lawsuits at any time. Quite fairly, the companies think this is ridiculous.