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Wikileaks unplugged, free to flow

Media lawyers hope the initial injunction to disable an entire Web site serves as an example of what not to do with online speech.

News organizations and free speech advocacy groups breathed a sigh of relief in late February when a federal judge backed away from an earlier attempt to unplug a whistle-blower Web site.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White's initial Feb. 15 order to shut down Wikileaks, a Web site that posts leaked materials online, sent a shock wave through the new media community, raising concerns about a possible chilling effect on Web publications.

In response to the injunction, multiple press organizations, including The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, ...

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