May 9, 2003

Fight for your right to blog
Posted by jbutler@bostonworks.com">Jason Butler at 9:07 AM -

While following up on yesterday's post, I found the Online Journalism Review reporting that Hartford Courant editor Denis Horgan, whose blog was shut down by his employer, may take his case to court.

A Connecticut state law, *31-51q, prevents an employer from disciplining an employee for exercising First Amendment rights. In this case, Horgan was basically told to stop Weblog commentary or he would lose his job as travel editor.

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