Users of the social networking site Twitter should be careful about what they ‘tweet’. The site owners have recently been forced to hand over the personal details of an account holder to a UK council to enable the council to bring action against the user for libel. The councilor allegedly posted libelous comments about the [...]
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WATCH WHAT YOU TWEET
Posted in News, tagged libel, tweet, Twitter on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
UK SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOUR OF TWITTER UPDATES
Posted in Commercial, tagged electronic communications, libel, live communications, live feeds, Ramsdens, Supreme Court, texts emails, Twitter on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The UK Supreme Court ruled last week that journalists and members of the public can use twitter, texts and email to post live feeds about proceedings in the Court. However, the court made provision for important exceptions where such live communications will not be allowed, for example to protect the interests of children or where [...]