Man Sentenced to 6 Months of No Internet
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It’s been a hard month for reporters here in the Net Patrol. First Rachel Buchman loses her job as a reporter at WHYY for threatening a spammer, then Brian McWilliams infiltrates a Rolex knock-off spam ring, and now television news reporter Jim Taricani is sentenced to six months of house arrest for contempt of court, for refusing to reveal the source of a videotape which shows acts of political corruption taking place.
First amendment issues aside, what is so striking about this case is that while Taricani is sitting at home doing his house arrest time, he has been forbidden from accessing the Internet!
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