Extraordinarily, the English Supreme Court had to decide whether the words ‘he tried to strangle me’ used on a Facebook post by a woman regarding her ex-husband meant that ‘he tried to kill me’ and damaged his reputation, hence the defamation claim.
The lower court, after an analysis of dictionary meanings of the word ‘strangle’,
Social media users may be responsible for comments made by others and published on their pages which amount to hate speech or harassment. South African courts have already addressed the issue of responsibility for third parties’ comments in Isparta v Richter, where the court found that a Facebook user was liable for defamation based
You do (at least as between you and Instagram—your employer may have ownership rights in certain situations)! Instagram does not claim ownership of any content that you post.
You do grant Instagram very broad license rights: a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use content that you post. This license grant means
You are responsible for your information. It is important to understand how your information is being used.
LinkedIn updated their privacy policy and user agreement on 23 October 2014. It is easier to read and understand in comparison to earlier versions. If you read through the policy it will give you an understanding of the
Will you instruct your executor to memorialise or close your Facebook account or will you sign up to DeadSocial to post goodbye messages posthumously? The US government has created guidelines for dealing with your digital afterlife. It also provides a template social media will. The US government’s first guideline is to read the terms and
When you delete your Twitter account:
We’ve broken it down for you.
How many of us actually read social media terms of use? Be wary: you allow public information to be accessible over public search engines.
When you tweet you: