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July 29 2010

papadimitriou

Defamation On Twitter

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.

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. ➡ Be careful what you tweet