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Submission + - Internet-spreading American gets 15 years in Cuba (wsj.com)

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decora

on Monday March 14, 2011 @09:35PM

decora writes: "American social worker Alan Phillip Gross, who has spent years connecting developing countries to the internet, has been sentenced by a "Security Court" in Cuba to 15 years in prison. His crime was “Acts against the Independence and Territorial Integrity of the State." The Guban government also claimed he was trying to "destroy the Revolution through the use of communication systems out of the control of authorities.""

Submission + - Blogger Fined $60K For Telling The Truth (startribune.com)

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jfruhlinger

on Monday March 14, 2011 @05:24PM

jfruhlinger writes: ""Johnny Northside," a Minneapolis blogger with less than 500 readers a day revealed that a University of Minnesota researcher studying mortgage fraud had been involved in a fraudulent mortgage himself; the blog post was at least partially responsible for the researcher losing his job. The researcher then sued the blogger and won — despite the blogger having his facts straight. Johnny Northside plans to appeal the verdict."

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