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UK Court Bans Teen's Insults From Web

First-of-its-kind order forbids him to post abusive comments

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 7, 2007 3:29 PM CST

(Newser) – A British court has put a low-tech law to high-tech use in a bid to keep a teenager from writing abusive comments about police on the internet. The court issued an Anti-Social Behavior Order—usually used to keep hooligans out of certain parts of town—...   Read full story »

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