Belfast blogger fights off censorship bid

Courtesy guardian.co.uk Technology  Sat, 07/05/2008 - 18:02

A blogger who faced charges of intimidation in cyberspace has won a landmark judgment that anti-censorship campaigners say will protect freedom of expression across the web.

Alan Murray's blog highlighting violence, vandalism and creeping sectarian division in a part of Belfast's university district landed him in the city's magistrates court on Friday.

The 40-year-old was charged with three counts of intimidating a member of a local residents' committee, including intimidation on the internet.

However, the judge found Murray not...

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