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Civil Liberties

"There's No Reason I Should Have to Shut Up Because Some Guy Doesn't Want His Dirty Laundry Out"

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.1.2010 5:09 PM

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"There's no reason I should have to shut up because some guy doesn't want his dirty laundry out," Mr. Kurtz said. "It's the power of the Internet, man."

Kalamazoo, Michigan college student Jason Kurtz fights against speech-chilling lawsuits with a Facebook group, plus a new federal law in the works to protect people who want to complain about bad service. Read all about it.

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Katherine Mangu-Ward is editor in chief of Reason.

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