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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Social media users increasingly trapped by obsolete
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Wed Feb 27 17:13:46 2013
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Social media users increasingly trapped by obsolete UK laws
http://j.mp/YFOppk (BBC)
"People who tweeted photos allegedly of child killer Jon Venables are
being charged with contempt of court. It's the latest in a long line
of cases that suggest that ordinary social media users need to have a
grasp of media law."
- - -
Eventually, courts and politicians will come to understand that their
20th century concepts of information control are like grains of sand
slipping through a clenched fist.
--Lauren--
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