U.K. Becomes Injunction Junction

British legal measure under fire in the Internet age

If you’ve got a libel suit you want to file, best take the next flight to England. The super injunction is at the heart of a nationwide debate on press freedoms, and more broadly privacy in the Internet age. Most recently, well-known BBC political editor Andrew Marr admitted to ordering a super injunction to try and save his marriage from the news of an extramarital affair. The ironic move has the country’s commentators, activists, and politicians asking, how far is too far in the name of privacy?

The super injunction is a unique legal measure that bars print media from publishing stories on protected subjects, or even on the court order itself.

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