Some of today’s hottest social media stories and what not:
[Facebook 5] This is a very interesting article and one to watch. Basically, it is a legal proceeding determining if Facebooking messages on your own time is a private discussion. I hardly think this argument is going to fly since everything said on Facebook is open and recorded. Problem is I am not a judge, jury, or an attorney and these issues will be evolving in the future to determine the answer to the question posed.
[Obama Slips Off Record, Twitter Kicks In]This article from Social Media Law Student blog raises another very hot button issue and shows how “social media” spreads like wild fire. The article is about Kayne West’s poor behavior at the MTV VMA awards last week. President Obama was caught off camera, but recorded and overheard calling West a “jackass”, while true this is hardly something one would here the president say. A reporter did hear this, Tweeted about it and the match lit the gas. Yes, even after ABC asked reporter Moran to delete the Tweet it was too late. The post from the Social Media Law Student is rather long, but worth the read and definitely hang in there to the end where you can see a rather humorous fake Twitter feed, hilarious.
[Scott Monty, On Social Media Experts] Scott presents a very important question, “what makes a social media expert?”. Scott who I trust, presents his readers and now you with 6 very good social media books from tried and true social media experts. I picked up Six Pixels of Separation by Mitch Joel to continue my search for the “social media grail”.
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