http://stream.paulpapadimitriou.com/ http://stream.paulpapadimitriou.com/ http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/1835/8993_cc1b.jpeg 865 865 #streaming #catchyourbreath {"tags":["Commentary","filter","libel","public","twitter"],"type":"regular","title":"\u003Ca href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/papadimitriou/blog/~3/QR5-0ocU-90/\"\u003EDefamation On Twitter\u003C/a\u003E","source":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/papadimitriou/blog/~3/QR5-0ocU-90/","body":"\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe may eventually develop a set of social rules and legal conventions that acknowledge that an angry tweet is less likely to be considered defamatory than a published article, but we are not there yet.\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI seriously doubt it. While the social norms will eventually adapt to open communication, libel will remain. We have to take responsibility for what we write. What we do in public. \u27a1 \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10740954\"\u003EBe careful what you tweet\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/papadimitriou/blog/~4/QR5-0ocU-90\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" /\u003E"} <blockquote><p>We may eventually develop a set of social rules and legal conventions that acknowledge that an angry tweet is less likely to be considered defamatory than a published article, but we are not there yet.</p></blockquote> <p>I seriously doubt it. While the social norms will eventually adapt to open communication, libel will remain. We have to take responsibility for what we write. What we do in public. ➡ <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10740954">Be careful what you tweet</a></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/papadimitriou/blog/~4/QR5-0ocU-90" height="1" width="1" />Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:54:49 GMThttp://stream.paulpapadimitriou.com/post/68004132/Defamation-On-Twitterurn:www-soup-io:1:68004132regularcommentaryfilterlibelpublictwitter