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DuPage County, Ill., Circuit Judge Tosses Out Internet Libel Suit.

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| March 09, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Ted Gregory

Mar. 9--A judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the protection given Web site operators that distribute allegedly defamatory material.

In tossing out the complaint by a critic of alternative medicine who claimed the Web sites libeled him by posting his detractors' opinions, DuPage County Circuit Judge Hollis Webster followed similar rulings in other states.

In explaining her ruling, Webster said the federal Communications Decency Act protects distributors of allegedly defamatory material on the Internet.

"Our federal lawmakers have determined that a national, consistent law protecting Web sites upon which allegedly…

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