Ethics in Social Media and Online Commenting

Washington Post sports writer Mike Wise suspended after hoax tweet

Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise was given a 30-day suspension after knowingly tweeting fake information. His Twitter bio identifies him...

The New York Post's Annie Karni wrote in a July 18 column that she believes recent lawsuits indicate Internet anonymity...

The Guardian wrote June 28 that its competitor the Daily Mail published a story based on a tweet from a...

One important change made when Great Britain's The Times and Sunday Times re-launched their Web sites May 25 was the...

A New Jersey appeals court recently ruled that blogger and investigator Shellee Hale is not a journalist and therefore not...

The New Hampshire Supreme Court set a state standard for how to handle anonymous commenters and defined a mortgage industry...

The dangers of using social media for journalism research were highlighted May 4 when The Huffington Post apparently used a Facebook...

A New Jersey appeals court upheld a lower court's ruling that a blogger isn't afforded the source protections a traditional...

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs started using the social networking service Twitter on February 13, and has since posted a total of...