Thursday, January 21, 2010

Judge: Tweet ‘lacks context’ for court action

Thursday, January 21, 2010


Judge: Tweet ‘lacks context’ for court action
Cook County judge dismisses defamation lawsuit involving Twitter post.

By Jamie Loo, First Amendment reporter
January 20, 2010

CHICAGO—A defamation case involving a Twitter post was thrown out by a Cook County Circuit Court judge today. The case involved a posting, known as a tweet, over the social networking service Twitter by 25 year-old Chicago resident Amanda Bonnen...

Read more at the McCormick Freedom Project's "Post Exchange" blog: http://www.freedomproject.us/post-exchange/Article-Judge_dismisses_twitter_defamation_lawsuit.aspx

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