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Can You Tweet That? Social Media and the Law

Event Interactive 2012
Format Solo
Organizer Dara Quackenbush – Texas State University
Speakers
  1. Dara Quackenbush – Texas State University
Description A resident tweets about a moldy apartment; the apartment company sues her for libel. An employee is fired because of a photo on Facebook. A monkey takes a self portrait on a digital camera accidently left in the forest by a photographer. Who owns the copyright – the monkey or the photographer? A month after the court verdict, there are more than 40 Facebook pages entitled F*ck Casey Anthony. In today’s digital age, technology is advancing faster than the law. Do old-school laws apply to new-school technology? Don’t we have 1st Amendment rights online or should we be scared about what we post? In this thought-provoking session, we’ll look at legal issues, such as defamation, copyright, the 1st Amendment and hate speech, and how these issues apply to social media. We’ll discuss the definitions of these issues and examine recent court cases around social media and let the audience decide if these cases have merit.
Questions
Answered
  1. What are the five tests of defamation, what is the defense of defamation and how does that apply to social media?
  2. What’s the difference between a private citizen and a public person and how has that changed with the growth of social media rock stars?
  3. Is hate speech covered by the 1st Amendment? What constitutes hate speech?
  4. How is copyright determined? What copyright can you use/not use freely?
  5. Why does every organization need an employee social media policy?
Level Intermediate
Category Social Media / Social Networks
Tags copyright, defemation, law
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