First TRO on a Blog

PCIJ has been ordered by a Quezon City court to take down a blog entry.

This is the first time that a court restrains a blog.

More here.

This is a precedent-setting jurisprudence that might have a significant, long term effect on blogging. This will definitely reach the Supreme Court. Since discussing the case is sub judice, let’s wait and see. Lawyer-bloggers will definitely tackle this. Simply stated, it all boils down to one significant Constitutional guarantee: freedom of speech.