Who says UK is a police state and there is lack of freedom of
expression there?
I think nobody say so.
Even so,there is a limit in freedom of expression.
This includes u cant say your former school mate is gay in
Facebook!!
lets learn what is NOT acceptable,even in UK,
heaven of freedom of expression.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/24/2313877.htm?section=justin
24 july 2007
Posted 2 hours 37 minutes ago
A British businessman has won a libel case and 22,000
pounds in damages at London's High Court after false claims about
him were posted on the hugely popular social networking website
Facebook.
In a test case, Matthew Firsht sued a former school friend over
a false personal profile on the site that included private
information about him and untrue allegations about his sexual
orientation.
Mr Firsht said freelance cameraman Grant Raphael had put up the
information on Facebook, which has about 90 million members
worldwide, under the heading "Has Matthew Firsht lied to you?".
The Facebook entry alleged that Mr Firsht was signed up to other
groups, including "Gay in the Wood...Borehamwood" and "Gay Jews in
London".
The profiles remained on the site for 16 days until they were
spotted by Mr Firsht's brother and removed.
Raphael had claimed that the profile was created on a computer
at his home without his knowledge by someone who had attended a
private party there.
But that was dismissed by Deputy
Judge Richard Parkes who awarded Mr Firsht 15,000 pounds and his
television company Applause Store Productions 5,000 pounds in libel
damages.
Mr Firsht was also awarded 2,000 pounds for breach of his
privacy.
In a hearing earlier this month Mr Firsht's lawyer Lorna Skinner
said "Facebook enthusiast" Raphael had borne a grudge since the two
men fell out in 2000.
She said he had created the false entry to cause Mr Firsht
anxiety and embarrassment.
- Reuters
