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Twitter emerges as vehicle for publicizing final health care bill

donal brown January 19, 2010

Congressional leaders announced that the final health care bill will go online on Twitter 72 hours prior to its consideration on the floor, a move that firmly establishes the social media as a significant player in providing public assess to the nation’s business. -DB Sunlight Foundation Opinion January 15, 2010 By Paul Blumenthal So, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer announced that they were going to place the final health care bill online for 72 hours

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Prop 8 hearing: Strict enforcement of laws against assault needed rather than curtailing TV coverage

donal brown January 12, 2010

A Citizen Media Law Project blogger argues that the Supreme Court should recognize that it is against California law to assault witnesses and that not televising the proceedings will not protect witnesses in what promises to be a widely publicized event. To allow the broadcast on YouTube would provide a boost to freedom of the press and greater access for millions of Americans who would then be able to see our justice system at work.

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Diet doctor sues Kim Kardashian over alleged libelous twitters

donal brown January 8, 2010

Observers think that Dr. Sanford Siegal has a weak case in his libel suit against celebrity Kim Kardashian. Siegal created the “Cookie Diet” and subsequently posted that Kim Kardashian had lost weight using the cookie diet. Siegel sued over Kardashian’s tweets that stated it was false that she was on the cookie diet and that if Siegal was lying about this, there may be other lies afoot. -DB Citizen Media Law Project January 7, 2010

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India all a-twitter as government ministers clash over use of social media

donal brown January 4, 2010

An Indian junior minister got a reprimand from his boss for using Twitter to criticize the government’s immigration policy, provoking discussion about open debate in a democracy and the role of electronic media. -DB The Los Angeles Times December 31, 2009 By Mark Magnier NEW DELHI – It takes a lot fewer than 140 characters to say, “Do you want to keep your job?” In what some are billing as a generational clash of technology

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Media project publishes guide to live-blogging in courts

donal brown December 14, 2009

The Citizen Media Law Project has published a guide to live coverage in courts using the social media. Since not all judges allow electronic devices and local laws sometimes prohibit the devices, it is important to know how to avoid legal problems in live-blogging or tweeting in the courtroom.-DB Citizen Media Law Project December 10, 2009 By David Ardia As part of our legal guide series on documenting public proceedings and events, today we published

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