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Incendiary Speech And Social Media, Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky Dec 2014

Incendiary Speech And Social Media, Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky

Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky

Incidents illustrating the incendiary capacity of social media have rekindled concerns about the "mismatch" between existing doctrinal categories and new types of dangerous speech. This Essay examines two such incidents, one in which an offensive tweet and YouTube video led a hostile audience to riot and murder, and the other in which a blogger urged his nameless, faceless audience to murder federal judges. One incident resulted in liability for the speaker, even though no violence occurred; the other did not lead to liability for the speaker even though at least thirty people died as a result of his words. An …


Social Media Policy Confusion: The Nlrb's Dated Embrace Of Concerted Activity Misconstrues The Realities Of Twenty-First Century Collective Action, Geordan G. Logan Sep 2014

Social Media Policy Confusion: The Nlrb's Dated Embrace Of Concerted Activity Misconstrues The Realities Of Twenty-First Century Collective Action, Geordan G. Logan

Nevada Law Journal

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Online Legal Advice: Ethics In The Digital Age, Paige A. Thomas Jan 2014

Online Legal Advice: Ethics In The Digital Age, Paige A. Thomas

St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics

The rise of the Internet changed the way initial interactions between lawyers and prospective clients happen. Unfortunately, a host of problems concerning privacy rights and consumer usage have emerged. In this digital age, where immediacy and response time are driving factors in an attorney’s online presence, the approach to establish an attorney-client relationship is far more informal. Due to the quick rise of the Internet and social media, the Model Rules of Professional Conduct do not offer a clear answer for attorneys using social media. An inherent danger lies in off-the-cuff remarks, made on the Internet—a platform generally associated with …