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From #SXSW: How libel law and free-speech requirements affect social media

By Stephen J. Easley on March 14th, 2012 | 231663 comments on this post2012-03-14+11%3A02%3A24Guest+Blogger

How can you make the most of social tools without running afoul of the law? At the recent South by Southwest Interactive Festival panel “Can You Tweet That? Social Media and the Law,” Dara Quackenbush of Texas State University gave attendees a crash course on fundamental social media legal issues. Quackenbush focused on defamation, hate-speech law and the First Amendment — and the way those legal principles were applied to social media in two recent cases.[…] Continue Reading »