Unbelievable. According to @colemancr, all use of social media is publication and every user bound by same rules as professional journalists
@adambanksdotcom You don't think those people deserved to be punished?
-
-
@bazzacollins They had no idea they were breaking the law. How is it useful to punish them? But my point is about the attitude to soc media -
@adambanksdotcom That said, Twitter/Facebook etc should be doing a better job of educating people about the law. -
@bazzacollins Disagree. Legislators and prosecutors need educating. Twitter and Facebook know users are not newspaper editors. -
@adambanksdotcom There has to be a line drawn somewhere. You're saying it's OK for Twitter users to identify rape victims? -
@bazzacollins I’m extremely doubtful that it can reasonably be prohibited - but again I wasn’t getting into that case specifically -
@adambanksdotcom And unlike Chambers et al, nobody could reasonably argue that it wasn't their intent to name/humiliate the victim. -
@bazzacollins Yes, in some of those cases that was true. Court appears to have deliberately failed to distinguish. -
@adambanksdotcom Are you saying some accidentally identified her? - 2 more replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.