TJ McIntyre posted earlier this week about a courtcase in Dublin involving abusive activity on Bebo.
TJ goes into some detail about the case and how the court was able to apply pre-existing legislation to a new medium.
He also goes onto add a word of warning which many legislators should heed:
But any extension of the law must be carefully limited to avoid damage to freedom of expression.
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