A former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader Nik Richie is suing a website for supposedly putting false information about her on their website, thedirty.com, saying that she had relations with a teenager. She is saying that the things posted were inappropriate, false, and embarrassing. What the major story here is what that is going to do free speech on the internet if this case goes through. The link below talks a little but about how big companies such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Buzzfeed are saying this violates our freedom of speech and will greatly affect how and what people can put on their webpages from here on out.
http://news.yahoo.com/internet-giants-weigh-defamation-lawsuit-203545725.html
The article states that the case centers around the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996 to allow websites free speech when their content was posted by their users. This case if passed will change everything. But this law is supposed to encourage websites to self police their website to monitor what is appropriate and what is not.
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