by Sydney Smith on Jun 21, 2011
NY Court: Website Publishers Not Responsible for Defamatory Comments
A New York court ruled that website publishers are protected from defamation lawsuits if they "add material to defamatory posts...
Social Media & Online Commenting
by Sydney Smith on Jun 16, 2011
LA Times Readers Rep: What Stories Prompt Worst Comments
The Los Angeles Times readers representative, Deirdre Edgar, wrote June 10 about issues with the Times' comments section. According to Edgar,...
by Corinne Segal on Jun 08, 2011
First day of BBC Social Media Summit under wraps
Journalists attending the BBC Social Media Summit on May 20 discussed ways to "shift" their attitude toward social media, according...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 08, 2011
Twitter Users Violating Injunction Could be Charged with Contempt of Court
Journalism.co.uk reported that the UK attorney general Dominic Grieve has "warned" Twitter users not to "break privacy injunctions" using the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 07, 2011
What to do “When Crime Victims Tweet”
Poynter's Mallary Jean Tenore highlighted the "difficult questions for journalists" prompted by a Florida woman's tweets reporting her own rape....
by Sydney Smith on Jun 02, 2011
Stowe Boyd on Bloomberg’s new social media policy: Is it ‘Almost Offensive’?
According to Stowe Boyd's early May blogpost, Bloomberg's new social media policy "is almost offensive." Boyd noted that Bloomberg's social...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 02, 2011
Viral News Photos Shared on Social Media Prompt Legal, Ethical Questions
MSNBC reported on the ethical and legal debate related to sharing photos on social networks. Should news outlets pay for newsworthy...
by Sydney Smith on May 26, 2011
UK Police Prepared Tranquilizers, Helicopter to catch Tiger, Tiger was Stuffed Animal
The Toronto Sun reported that police officers in the UK sent out a message on Twitter about a tiger spotted...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2011
PCC Explains Request to Include Reporters’ Tweets in Jurisdiction
As iMediaEthics wrote earlier this month, the UK media regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission may start regulating reporters' and news...