Interesting Facts

According to research by Sweet & Maxwell, t he number of defamation cases related to social media in the UK almost doubled in the year to June 2011. (When you see the actual numbers of libel cases involving social media it's actually not that scary; rising from seven cases to 16,  One court case involved New Zealand cricket team member Chris Cairns who sued over a comment on Twitter.  So, be careful what you say about each other.) Source:  The Guardian  

Libel cases in the UK involving social sites, have doubled. (According to legal information company Sweet and Maxwell, between 2008-2009 there were three cases, but from 2009-10, there were 7. Celebrities are even using monitoring services to keep tabs on what is being said about them on social sites. Whatever happened to "the only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about?)