Using ad serving software for censoring news stories

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August 29, 2006

Times Withholds Web Article in Britain 

By TOM ZELLER Jr.

If Web readers in Britain were intrigued by the headline "Details Emerge in
British Terror Case," which sat on top of The New York Times's home page
much of yesterday, they would have been disappointed with a click. 

"On advice of legal counsel, this article is unavailable to readers of
nytimes.com in Britain," is the message they would have seen. "This arises
from the requirement in British law that prohibits publication of
prejudicial information about the defendants prior to trial." 

In adapting technology intended for targeted advertising to keep the article
out of Britain, The Times addressed one of the concerns of news
organizations publishing online: how to avoid running afoul of local
publishing laws.

"I think we have to take every case on its own facts," said George Freeman,
vice president and assistant general counsel of The New York Times Company.
"But we're dealing with a country that, while it doesn't have a First
Amendment, it does have a free press, and it's our position that we ought to
respect that country's laws." 

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