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Aug 26, 2009

Southeastern Conference Sacks Social Media, Then Recovers

(cross posted at the Citizen Media Law Project
Responding to a storm of criticism, the 12-university Southeastern Conference was forced to back away from proposed rules which would have prohibited fans from blogging, Twittering, instant messaging, or otherwise disseminating "any material or information about [its sports competitions], including, but not limited to, any account, description, picture, video, audio, reproduction or other information concerning the Event."

Aug 6, 2009

Florida Sees Gangs in Social Networks, and Prosecutes

(cross posted at the Citizen Media Law Project
In what appears to be the first use of a new Florida law that criminalizes the promotion of gangs on the Internet, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested 15 men over the contents of their MySpace pages, which prosecutors claim advertised and promoted gang membership.