Twitter can get you sued or in prison
The
dangers of social media
January 2010 |
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Recently I wrote about the
dangers of social media and focused on Facebook. It showed
how dangerous a Facebook account can be. In this article I
will touch on some examples where Twitter is not as safe as
it seems either. |
Have you ever been sued?
A famous example is of course the one of Courtney Love being
sued for trashing a fashion company (Read
article) , but there are much more scary examples out there.
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Do not Tweet your complaints in public
Tweeting about the state of the apartments got this tenant
sued: Read article
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Avoid Tweeting while angry
CEO of Pizza kitchen gets sued after trashing marketing
company: Read article
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Be very careful when Tweeting about a
brand
Kim Kardashian was sued when she tweeted that she did not
endorse the diet cookie (as the company claimed on their
website): Read article
Online comments can get you arrested
Most people who have been arrested because of online actions did
already have a shady relation with the law, but look at the
second and third examples below, which might happen to you as
well if you do not rethink every publication twice before
sending them out.
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Poking is not as innocent as it looks
A woman in Tennessee got arrested for poking someone in
Facebook: Read article
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Do not joke while traveling, not even
on Twitter
Annoyed passenger gets arrested over joke “bomb threat” on
Twitter: Read article
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Be aware of financial consequences of
your online comments
This happened in a revolution type situation, but be aware
that any remark that could implicit financial loss is
dangerous: Read article
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Burglar gets arrested because he
checked his Facebook account
This is one of the unbelievable actions that you and me will
never do, but do think about using your account at work or
elsewhere and what the consequences might be!
Read article
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Not using Twitter might be dangerous
as well!
When police asked an executive for not using Twitter (on
their request) to disperse a crowd, they arrested him for
not doing so: Read article
Of course most of these examples are either not very intelligent
actions or far from our bed, but they make you think what else
might go wrong when you comment online, or post some of your
holiday or office photos. As I keep reminding my readers: do not
send anything from your computer onto the Internet, unless you
would be ok if it appeared on the front page of your national
newspapers.
See you on Twitter, if you still dare....
See also:
Getting fired or divorced because of
Facebook
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