Court finds blogging just the same as old media

Cameron Slater has been found guilty of eight breaches of suppression orders and one of identifying a victim on his blog Whale Oil. Slater has portrayed himself as a defender of free speech but the judge wasn't buying it, despite his claim that he posted the information in such a way that it was not immediately readable and therefore wasn't in English, Māori or sign-language (NZ official languages). Breaking the law is breaking the law, even on the net, in this country.