by anickow | Feb 1, 2012 | Commentary
The social media website Twitter announced in a recent blog post entitled “The Tweets Must Still Flow” its plan to enact a new censorship initiative. “Starting today,” Twitter announced, “we give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a...
by cjsch | Jan 11, 2011 | Commentary
The American government continues to investigate Wikileaks director Julian Assange, more than a month after the organization first released diplomatic cables to five newspapers. Prosecutors have yet to charge Mr. Assange, who has already weathered rumors of possible...
by rgspence | Sep 30, 2010 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News
The recently published Malcolm Gladwell article dismissing those who claim social media is both a technological and social revolution, “Small Change,” has been generating buzz all across the Internet. Gladwell’s main contention: The kind of activism associated with...
by Grace L. Wang | Nov 24, 2009 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
When teen pop star Justin Bieber’s signing became a riot of teens on Friday around 2:30pm, police were called in to control the crowd. Unable to quickly contain the situation, they asked his label’s VP, James A. Roppo, to send out a tweet to cancel the...
by Travis Rimando | Aug 7, 2009 | Cases
Twitter has been the subject of controversy as of late, primarily regarding the content of “tweets,” Twitter’s user-sent messages. Some of this controversy has turned into legal action. While the highest-profile controversies involve celebrities,...
