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Written on Dec, 13, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source: poynter.org You may have heard the story of Rhonda Lee, a meteorologist at Shreveport, La., TV station KTBS who was fired for responding to viewer criticism on Facebook. The firing raises some old and new questions about how journalists should (or shouldn’t) engage online with caustic critics and troublesome trolls. Click the link to read the entire story @ poynter.org

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Written on Oct, 25, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source: rabble.ca BY PRIYA SARIN PRO BONO | OCTOBER 25, 2012 The dramatic growth of social media use in Canada on such sites as Facebook has raised novel legal issues for employers and employees. One such issue is whether or not an employee’s off-duty conduct online (i.e. posting personal status updates, photos or comments on Facebook at home) can get that employee fired. In short, …

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Written on Aug, 27, 2011 by in | Leave a comment

Source: pressgazette.co.uk By Andrew Pugh Social media has led to a surge in the number of online defamation cases – which more than doubled in the last year according to new research. The number of UK cases citing online defamation rose from seven to 16 in 2010, while the overall number of defamation proceedings rose by 4 per cent from …

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Written on Jan, 07, 2011 by in , , | Leave a comment

Click here to read story by Ken Doctor Source:  niemanlab.org

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