Can we gag Facebook?

The Toronto Star just published an article focusing on a police injunction and a gag order. The sum of the article is that traditional media had been issued a gag order, a legal decree silencing the media for a short period of time based on investigations integrity, revolving around the death of a young girl named Stefanie Rengel.

Gag orders are a tricky thing in the world of journalism. Typically journalist want to be the first to break a story, especially a sensational story of 14 year old girl getting murdered by two other teen age girls, the problem arises when minors and crucial information is involved in the case.

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