Christian Science Monitor
"Seeking a new global role for Iceland following the banking bust
caused by its stint as a financial superpower, the country's lawmakers
on Feb. 16 turned to a new vision: Turn the country into a haven for
free speech. Measures before Parliament are aimed at improving
transparency laws and luring Internet-based media and data centers
from all over the world to use Iceland as a base for investigative
journalism. One aim is to counter challenges to media freedom in other
countries such as Britain, where laws heavily favor plaintiffs in
libel cases. But Iceland doesn't want the innovation to stop
there." (03/04/10)