Using the Internet During Trial: What About the Judges?

(cross posted at the Citizen Media Law Project)
Over the past year, we've watched the courts struggle with Internet and social media use involving a variety of actors. We've seen jurors doing Internet research and using social media during trial, courtroom observers using portable recording devices, and supporters of a popular defendant bombarding a judge with emails. Recent developments from courts in New York and Ohio have brought a new courthouse player onto the scene: the judge.

Google Draws a Line: Will Others Follow?

In January, when Google first threatened to stop abiding by Chinese laws censoring certain "sensitive" subjects on its Chinese search portal google.cn, commentators made two points: that Google should have expected that China would, true to its nature, always demand more control over the Internet, and that Google's stance in China did not match its positions in other countries.

Now Google has announced that it has discontinued its google.cn. 

AP Stories

After some technical issues with Google, we're back!

While the blog was down, I was interviewed by two AP reporters -- for print and broadcast -- on the issue of juror's use of social media.  The print story is available here.