Another week another professional footballer facing a red card as a result of ill-advised tweeting; the latest casualty of failing to realise that tweets sent in the heat of the moment can have long lasting consequences on their careers, bank balances and self-esteem even if deleted from their account. Continue reading
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While the nation takes its long seasonal break, the world of social media never sleeps. There have been a number of interesting developments in relation to social media and cyber bullying over recent weeks. Clare Brown provides a round up. Continue reading
We have, from time to time, drawn the attention of our readers to Gary Hayes’ remarkable “Social Media Counter” – which provides daily, weekly, monthly and yearly figures for activities on Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Instagram and other social media. Continue reading
In the case of J19 and J20 v Facebook Ireland ([2013] NIQB 113) the High Court in Northern Ireland chose to depart from the “robust” Strasbourg approach to service providers and their liability for comments hosted on their sites. Such liability, said the judge, was not consonant with the EC Directive on E-Commerce. Continue reading
Tweeting under the pseudonym “Old Holborn”, Robert Ambridge actively seeks controversy. The self-professed “‘leave me alone’ pioneer type Libertarian” was recently the subject of a CPS investigation following his decision to post a picture of two overweight women on Twitter and callously state that they were the reason for the Hillsborough Disaster. Continue reading
There are many figures bandied around for the levels of Twitter usage. Reliable statistics are often hard to come by. However, Twittter has, for the purposes of its recent IPO, provided a number of figures in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Twitter’s own analysis is that it has 232 million monthly active users and that that there are, on average, 500 million tweets per day in the world. Continue reading
The Twitter backlash against JP Morgan’s decision to invite its followers to “#AskJPM” this week illustrates the disconnect between some corporate social media teams and the wider general public. The online marketing event was designed to give the public the chance to interact with James Lee, J P Morgan’s vice chairman, in a Twitter Q & A session. Continue reading
Emmanuel Frimpong, the Arsenal midfielder, caused a stir on Twitter last week by implying that he had been omitted from the first team squad for an important Capital One Cup tie against rivals Chelsea because of his race and nationality. Continue reading
For many, social media sites extend simply to Facebook and Twitter. However there are also a number of other enormously popular websites for those who wish to interact with others on the internet including (but by no means limited to) Reddit, 4Chan and Ask.fm. Continue reading
In May Facebook introduced a temporary ban on a particularly graphic video showing the beheading of a woman in Mexico. The ban was implemented in response to complaints from users and from the Family Online Safety Institute which is a member of Facebook’s Safety Advisory Board. Continue reading
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