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Tamsin Lloyd

Australian Defamation Laws and the Internet - 0 views

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  • Tamsin Lloyd on 17 Mar 10
     
    Australian defamation law and how it applies to the Internet
M M

Unvarnished: A Clean, Well-Lighted Place For Defamation - 0 views

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shared by M M on 01 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Unvarnished argues that there are lots of tools to actively manage your reputation (like updates, ability to comment and request new reviews)  but it omits the most important tool of all: the ability to strike down really damaging posts.
  • This could be the place to anonymously settle vendettas: co-worker swipes a promotion, go to Unvarnished, boss dishes out a small bonus, go to Unvarnished, the vice president makes an ambiguous pass at your girlfriend, go to Unvarnished…you get the idea.
  • M M on 01 Apr 10
     
    Unvarnished (www.getunvarnished.com) is a recently launched social networking site wherein anyone can create an online profile for a professional (think LinkedIn), and any user can post reviews (mostly negative) about you, anonymously. The website's founder says that Unvarnished gives an individual the opportunity to disprove any negative claims about him/her. However, I agree with the author of the article in believing that the site actually encourages and empowers users to have a backstabbing spree. It will be interesting to see in the next coming months if Unvarnished actually takes off.
César Albarrán Torres

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tries to Unmask Twitter Critics | Threat Level | Wired.com - 0 views

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shared by César Albarrán Torres on 21 May 10 - Cached
  • An anonymous blogger critical of Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett plans to challenge a grand jury subpoena ordering Twitter to reveal the blogger’s identity.
  • The bloggers received an e-mail from Twitter on Tuesday evening saying the micro-blogging service would respond to the subpoena (.pdf) in a week “unless we receive notice from you that a motion to quash the subpoena has been filed or that this matter has been otherwise resolved.”
  • In August, however, Google unmasked the operator of the “Skanks in NYC” blog after being subpoenaed by an Australian model who claimed the site defamed her. And on Monday, a federal judge prevented Yahoo from revealing the identity of a message-board poster critical of USA Technologies.
  • M M on 21 May 10
     
    Twitter users have been issued subpoenas from Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett due to the critical comments they've made about the politician. It's interesting how much anonymous comments can make an impact on a public figure's reputation that it forces him to take legal action.  
  • César Albarrán Torres on 23 May 10
     
    Twitter receives a grand jury subpoena forcing the company to reveal a user's identity. Interesting how this can be done when the stakes are high, when there is a a political subtext under it. Could this set a precedent for defamation cases?
Allison Jones

Google fined for defamation in Brazil over a user's comments - 1 views

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  • Allison Jones on 26 Apr 10
     
    A Brazilian judge has fined Google in Brazil over a comment posted by an anonymous user stating that a priest is a paedophile. Raises the question of who is responsible for defamatory comments - the publisher (in this case Google) or the poster. Reminds me of a similar case of one of my fave blogs, Kitsune Noir - a music and design blog from the US. A poster made a critical comment about a design that the blogger had written about and the designer threatened legal action against Kitsune Noir.
Jaeun Yun

China's Battle Over The Right to Criticize - 2 views

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shared by Jaeun Yun on 31 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Jaeun Yun on 31 Mar 10
     
    A 24 year-old netizen Wang Shuai was jailed for 8 days for posting pictures that mocked at illegal land requisition in Henan Ningbao county in 6 March. The issue has been exposed by local media and there is a strong public opining siding with Wang. However, Wang's family has already lost their land, and he will probably lose his job in face of the defamation charge by the government.
Bec Crew

Corporate Media Exploits Teen Idol to Push Cyberbullying Bill - 0 views

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shared by Bec Crew on 29 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Bec Crew on 29 Mar 10
     
    Talks about the proposed Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act which, if passed, would outlaw speech meant to "coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person." Critics see it as a form of censorship.
M M

Reputation Is Dead: It's Time To Overlook Our Indiscretions - 0 views

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shared by M M on 01 Apr 10 - Cached
  • but the spread of quick fire opinions is now moving at the speed of light and forever findable on the Internet. We’re still wired to think of gossip as something that spreads quietly behind the scenes, and relatively slowly. But we’re already in a world where it’s all completely public, there are few repercussions to the person spreading it, and it is easily searchable.
  • M M on 01 Apr 10
     
    Attacking a person's reputation via the Internet has become a very quick and easy process through sites like Facebook and Twitter. However, the author argues (and hopes) that maybe in time, since bashing of a person's online reputation is evolving into common behavior, it wont really matter anymore - that incriminating photos on Facebook wont have that much of an impact in a few years.
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