As we stated last week, social media has become a powerhouse of a presence both online and in the daily lives of most people. This overwhelming pull social media has on our lives is a fairly new manifestation that we are now plugging into our everyday activities. As a result of the newness of social media, digital law is also dealing with some changes.
Digital law has not been around long and has remained flexible during its short life. With the potential for virtually anyone to post anything they wish, digital law has had to be somewhat flexible as to how it handles individual cases. The following link, http://mashable.com/2012/01/30/how-twitter-changes-media-law/, provides some insight into how Twitter is causing an uproar in the digital law community by not only defending its users to the fullest but also by presenting a brand new platform for people to speak their minds.
Our personal favorite case from the five is the WikiLeaks case. In short, Twitter was not thrilled that their users who trusted their site to not “sell-out” their information and data were to not be informed by the social media site that the government was after just that; their data. Twitter sued the government to lift the gag order which was preventing the company from informing its users. Twitter ultimately won out which provided the users a chance to defend their right to privacy. Regardless of the outcome, this shows that Twitter is ultimately fighting for its users.
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