The Internet as Toxic Avenger: Trafigura and the Ungagging of the Guardian

Here’s a cautionary tale in how not to manage your message in a networked media age, or rather, further evidence of John Gilmore’s brilliant maxim, “The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” Late Monday night in England, the Guardian posted a strange article reporting that it was being prevented from reporting on a question pending in Parliament. The only thing the Guardian could say was that the case involved Carter-Ruck, a prominent PR firm that specializes in working with global corporations.

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