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Discrimination
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July 2004



    
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The California Court of Appeal has ruled that an Internet message board is a public forum and that a posting critical of a publicly traded company or its management practices is of public interest and cannot be censored. The lawsuit concerned alleged defamatory statements posted on an Internet message board. (National Technical Systems, Inc., v. Schoneman, California Court of Appeal, No. B162794, 2004)


The California Court of Appeal has ruled that an Internet message board is a public forum and that a posting critical of a publicly traded company or its management practices is of public interest and cannot be censored. The lawsuit concerned alleged defamatory statements posted on an Internet message board. (National Technical Systems, Inc., v. Schoneman, California Court of Appeal, No. B162794, 2004) [2]


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