Comments on: South African Man Taken To Court For Insulting On Facebook http://pulse2.com/2009/01/16/south-african-man-taken-to-court-for-insulting-on-facebook/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Jacobson http://pulse2.com/2009/01/16/south-african-man-taken-to-court-for-insulting-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-24647 Paul Jacobson Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:19:02 +0000 http://pulse2.com/?p=10043#comment-24647 I don't believe this is an issue unique to South Africa. Using Facebook as a platform to make defamatory (or libellous) comments may well land you in hot water in many countries. It is certainly an interesting case for us in South Africa because of Facebook's popularity and the novelty of the social Web here. I have written about this issue in more detail on my site if your readers are interested in an expanded perspective: http://webtechlaw.com/eldorado-park-man-prosecuted-criminal-defamation-facebook I don’t believe this is an issue unique to South Africa. Using Facebook as a platform to make defamatory (or libellous) comments may well land you in hot water in many countries. It is certainly an interesting case for us in South Africa because of Facebook’s popularity and the novelty of the social Web here. I have written about this issue in more detail on my site if your readers are interested in an expanded perspective: http://webtechlaw.com/eldorado-park-man-prosecuted-criminal-defamation-facebook

]]> By: CommentURL.com | A world of interesting web pages http://pulse2.com/2009/01/16/south-african-man-taken-to-court-for-insulting-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-24643 CommentURL.com | A world of interesting web pages Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:56:22 +0000 http://pulse2.com/?p=10043#comment-24643 <strong>South African Man Taken To Court For Insulting On Facebook | CommentURL.com...</strong> \r\nDuane Brady, a South African man from Eldorado Park, a city just south of Johannesburg... South African Man Taken To Court For Insulting On Facebook | CommentURL.com…

\r\nDuane Brady, a South African man from Eldorado Park, a city just south of Johannesburg…

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