Our PR class just recently read the second chapter of Paul Gillin's book The New Influencers. One of the most interesting subjects covered in the chapter, that did not go unnoticed by a number of my classmates, was Gillin's five commandments of blogging. While researching other commandments of blogging I found this interesting article that made me question just how free our speech can be on the net. Here in the United States Of America our constitution guarantees us our right to free speech and the freedom of the press. As a novice member of the blogging community these rights are imperative to the existence of the body politic. The net provides us with a soapbox to announce our options to the world but our freedoms don't cross the sub-oceanic fiberoptic lines with our words. The article gives the example of a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign grad student that made some disparaging comments about a Singapore government official. Now when most people think about Singapore law enforcement this comes to mind. The grad student blogger was forced to apologize several times or face legal consequence. The article give a quick list of five tips to follow while blogging that everyone should follow to avoid prosecution form overseas.
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