Mary Flood reports: Freedom of expression may seem boundless on the Internet, but in Houston and around the nation, computer users are increasingly finding their speech is not infinitely protected. Recent Harris County cases have shown that the worldwide forum offered by the Internet ups the ante and consequences of everything from idle chatter to…
PDM Party threatens TCI Journal with lawsuit
The individuals involved in TCI Journal may have yet another defamation suit filed against them for their coverage of alleged corruption in Turks & Caicos Islands, a British territory. Turks & Caicos Weekly News reports: Inflammatory news website the TCI Journal is being threatened with yet another lawsuit for apparently publishing “patently false” and “defamatory”…
Facebook Six fight for right to bag boss
Arjun Ramachandran and Asher Moses report that six prison workers in New South Wales, Australia received letters from the Corrective Services Department that they may be fired for comments they made on Facebook that the department describes as “bullying” and “harassment”. The public sector union has taken the matter to the Industrial Relations Commission as…
Reality Check: The Presidential Records Act of 1978 meets web-based social media of 2009
Macon Phillips posted this on the The White House blog: Recently, we have seen a few stories questioning how the Presidential Records Act (PRA) intersects with Americans’ use of modern social media, like Facebook and Twitter, to communicate with the White House. Before I address some specific issues raised in these stories, let me give…