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Should News Outlets Edit Comments?

A Sydney Morning Herald reader complained to the Australian Press Council after he says the newspaper edited his March 21,...

The Twitter account for USA Today was hacked Sept. 25, CNET reported. The self-described hacking group Script Kiddies took responsibility...

Editor's Note : This is a case study of a hoax story as experienced by a reader who was pursuing...

Is libel law different online than in print? Or, was a recent Canadian libel suit dismissed just because the comments...

CBS News unpublished all of its "web series" posts from "What's Trending" because "What's Trending" tweeted fake news that Steve...

NBC News' Twitter account was hacked Sept. 9. In a matter of a few moments, four fake tweets were published...

Indonesian journalists now have a set of standards pertaining to social media, the Jakarta Globe reported. Press Council ethics chair...

An anonymous blogger who posted comments accused of defamation will be revealed, according to Law Times News. The blogger, who...

Reuters corrected its Aug. 21 news release that Muammar Gaddafi "has been detained" via Twitter. The news outlet's original information suggested...