> > I would be the first person to complain if someone's free-speech was > taken away, however, if Adams has said anything defamatory in his > Twitter stream, then he is still bound by "real world" laws.
Which "laws" are enforced here? A private complaint from a news provider and terms of service based termination of a super-dominant micro-messaging service. Dangerous development. But here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9440137/London-Olympics-2012-Twitter-alerted-NBC-to-British-journalists-critical-tweets.html "Twitter employees alerted NBC staff to a British journalist’s tweets and showed them how to file a complaint against him, the television network has revealed"" I was made aware certain Olympic athlets have been sanctioned for inappropriate tweets. http://z6mag.com/sports/papachristou-and-michel-morganella-racist-tweets-gets-them-expelled-from-olympic-games-1612953.html And then there is the Tom Daley tweet police: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9440235/Police-investigate-Tom-Daley-Twitter-troll.html http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tom-daley-17-year-old-boy-arrested-1192492 "Daley retweeted a message from user Rileyy69 which said: "You let your dad down i hope you know that." ... Dorset Police confirmed it was investigating the incident." -- A _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech
