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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Be careful what you tweet
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By Jenn Moore
Twitter is hugely popular as we all know, but be careful what you
tweet...
Courtney Love is being sued for libel by a fashion designer who she
posted derogatory comments about on her twitter. They supposedly
had a disagreement over Love paying Dawn Simorangkir for clothes
she designed so Love posted less than favorable words about the
designer (including posting that the Simorangkir had a history of
dealing cocaine). The Los Angeles Superior Court would not dismiss
the case.
It seems that tweets may not be considered free speech even for
non-celebs. A woman is being sued by her former landlord for
tweeting that his company thinks it's okay to sleep in a moldy
apartment. The tweet did get the attention of her landlord, but
probably not in the way she intented - they sued her for libel and
are asking for 50K.
A simplistic definition of libel is a "false and malicious
publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living
person."
But legal experts are dealing with uncharted territory with libel
as it pertains to social media. Will a defamatory tweet be treated
the same as a derogatory and untrue remark in a printed
magazine?
I wonder how the line will be drawn between free speech and
libel...
What do you think?
Be Careful What You Tweet originally published on
Modernmom.com
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Posted by Katie B Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:51pm PST
Unfortunately people think our freedoms are absolute... however, our freedoms stop where the next persons starts and online there is no exceptions.
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Posted by kendol m Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:02pm PST
Apparently anything documented can & will be used in a court of law.
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Posted by Maria Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:58pm PST
I am happy about this, you know its funny how things will be said and sometimes it is not true, its not fair and she should have to pay for saying innapropiate things just because she decided to not pay for the clothes that were being provided to her.
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Posted by br0wn33 Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:12pm PST
yeah freedom isnt absolute but exceptioons do exist...life if a qualified privilege applies in her case.
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Posted by br0wn33 Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:17pm PST
yeah freedom isnt absolute but exceptioons do exist...like if a qualified privilege applies in her case.
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Posted by Dubs Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:05pm PST
Most of the time tweeting is for twits. Its just another "Look at what I'm doing to make me appear more important and opinionated than you fad". Its only relevance was explicated during Iran's election protests, where freedom of speech was pretty much non-existent if not censored altogether.
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