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Film star brings suit on information on Wikipedia suggesting the actor is gay

donal brown December 8, 2009

Ron Livingston is suing an anonymous person who he says put up information on Wikipedia that claims Livingston has been dating a man. -DB NBC Chicago December 7, 2009 Actor Ron Livingston is suing an alleged Wikipedia hacker who reportedly posted information suggesting the actor was gay on his online bio page, according to TMZ. Livingston, whose most notable film credits include “Swingers” and “Office Space,” reportedly filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles on Friday.

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EFF sues to force government to provide records of spying on social networks

donal brown December 2, 2009

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, working with the UC Berkeley law school, has filed suit against a number of federal agencies who have not responded to Freedom of Information Act requests for information about their surveillance of social networking sites. -DB Electronic Frontier Foundation Press Release December 1, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), working with the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

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State supreme court rejects ‘ownership’ argument in dismissing defamation claim against Facebook

donal brown October 22, 2009

The New York Supreme Court ruled for Facebook in a suit brought by a student against former high school classmates and their parents after the classmates  had posted on Facebook alleged false and defamatory statements about her. The court held that Facebook was protected under the Communications Decency Act, did not own the defamatory content and was not responsible it. The suit continues against the individual defendants. -DB Citizen Media Law Project Analysis October 21,

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New Defense Department policy may allow troops to tweet and blog

donal brown September 30, 2009

In the face of a raft of military prohibitions against social networks. a new draft policy recognizes the power of the networks and seeks to balance the risks with the gains. -DB Wired Commentary September 29, 2009 By Noah Shachtman The Defense Department may allow troops and military employees to freely access social networks — if a draft policy circulating around the Pentagon gets approved, that is. For years, the armed services have put in place

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Social networking ban on convicted sex offenders deemed unconstitutional

donal brown August 21, 2009

A blogger for the Citizen Media Law Project says that the new Illinois law making it illegal for convicted six offenders to use social networking websites is probably unconstitutional and certainly unenforceable. -DB Citizen Media Law Project Commentary August 20, 2009 By Andrew Moshirnia The memory of pain can be one of the best painkillers. Anyone who has had the misfortune of enduring acute physical agony has later repurposed that nightmare as a psychic analgesic. “This

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