I read an interesting article recently that everyone who uses social networking sites should read. Can The Law Keep Up With Technology is about recent law suits filed over comments made on social networking sites such as Twitter, Blogger, and Myspace. Social networking sites are relatively new, and 5 years ago it would be difficult to imagine posting a blurb such as "Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon Realty thinks it's okay" would get you slapped with a $50,000 law suit by your landlord. Its not that I think our blog would ever have something posted like this that would get us into trouble, but i just think its interesting how the medium itself, blogging, tweeting, posting, has created a situation where the law is struggling to catch up with the times and navigating a divide between free speech and malicious intent to defame. Something to keep in mind in our online lives.
- Tommy
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