Courtney Love Sued for Twitter Libel

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Courtney Love is the latest Hollywood celebrity to get herself in trouble with social networking - which makes sense, since getting herself into trouble is kind of one of Courtney Love's strongest skills.

The Hole-singer and widow of former Nirvana frontman Kurt Kobain got hit with a libel lawsuit last week filed by a fashion designer who had formally done work for her, Dawn Simorangkir, who claims that Love embarked on a campaign of mean-spirited libel and defamation on Twitter and Myspace (seriously, MySpace. What is Love, like, thirteen years old?).

  • Apr 5, 2010

Five Uses of Twitter That Could Land You in Hot Water

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Social networking, and Twitter in particular, often bring an "anything goes" mentality - an attitude that bolsters the users of social networking but one which can, under the wrong circumstances, get us into trouble. Check out this list of Five uses of Twitter that could land YOU in hot water:

Tweeting Negatively About Your Job.

Worried About Twitter Defamation Lawsuits? Don't Be.

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There’s been a lot of talk lately about the “dangers” of using Twitter and other social networking sites to gripe about companies; when a disgruntled tenant recently complained about her landlord’s property management company not dealing with her mold problem to her satisfaction, she was slapped with a $50,000 defamation lawsuit. The story has since been widely circulated both throughout the internet and mainstream print and broadcast media, where it’s portrayed as a cautionary tale about the dangers of social networking.

Here’s the thing: that’s a whole load of bulltwit.

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