by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2011
Twitter Must Release WikiLeaks Supporters Info After US Court OKs Govt Subpoena
Information from the Twitter accounts of WikiLeaks and three supporters will be turned over to the U.S. Department of Justice,...
Social Media & Online Commenting
by Sydney Smith on Mar 07, 2011
Courtney Love Settles Twitter Defamation Lawsuit
Singer Courtney Love settled a defamation lawsuit filed against her by fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, the Independent reported. Love commented...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 06, 2011
Anonymous Commenters Not Protected in Indiana
An Indiana judge has called on two media outlets to turn over "identifying information" for anonymous commenters, the Indy Star reported. ...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 13, 2011
Twitter Ethics? Should Wrong Tweets Be Deleted or Corrected?
Should news organizations delete the inaccurate information? Or should they issue a correction tweet? iMediaEthics has written about this topic before...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2011
UK PCC Rules Publication of Civil Servant’s Public Tweets OK
The UK Press Complaints Commission backed two newspapers' decisions to publish public tweets from a public Twitter account, Journalism.co.uk reported....
by Sydney Smith on Feb 09, 2011
Reuters Not Corrected Katie Couric MisTweet that Mubarak Resigned
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric incorrectly tweeted that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resigned, the New York Daily News reported....
by Sydney Smith on Feb 05, 2011
UK Supreme Court OK’s Live Tweeting
The UK Supreme Court will permit live tweeting during court sessions, The Guardian reported. "Supreme court justices are 'content' for...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2011
The Independent Duped by Fake Twitter account for Andy Townsend
The Independent apologized to readers and a football analyst Jan. 25 for publishing quotes from a "spoof Twitter account." The...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011
Do Media Regret Twitter Errors? How To Correct Tweets
News outlets typically issue corrections whenever they publish incorrect information. However, as more and more news outlets venture onto Twitter...