Using egregious examples of misbehavior, there are now calls for a bloggers’ code of conduct. Expect to see a code for blogs implemented in the European Union. It is unlikely, due to the First Amendment, that such will become anything but a voluntarily exercise in futility in the United States.

Hat tip to BBC News.

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With an advanced international law degree from Georgetown University and more than 14 years of real world legal experience, Attorney Mike Young shows entrepreneurs how to protect and grow their businesses online. He's the author of "Internet Marketing Legal Secrets Revealed," "How to Create Your Own Internet Business Without a Lawyer for Under $175," and the creator of Website Legal Forms Generator^TM. Not just a lawyer who focuses exclusively on Internet and marketing law, Mike’s been working with computers for more than 27 years (his first computer was an Atari 400 with 8 KiB RAM) and started representing Internet businesses back in 1996.