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“Australian researchers are uniquely vulnerable when it comes to the lack of protection for academic freedom and free speech.

George Williams of the University of New South Wales in Sydney is one of many Australian researchers calling for laws to protect their ability to participate in public debate (ABC, 26 February)

“We are horrified at the content of these sites and the tips they give on how to be thin.”

Ty Glover, consultant psychiatrist on the Eating Disorders Unit at Cheadle Royal Hospital in Cheshire, UK, calling for social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace to clamp down…

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