Balough
May 1, 2019
(May 1, 2019) A former employee who renamed his Twitter handle so that users would be redirected to his new employer’s site may be sued for conversion and replevin, a federal district court found. Gregory Johnson was an employee of Farm Journal, Inc., an agricultural media company that publishes The Packer and Produce Retail. His […]
Balough
May 23, 2018
(May 23, 2018) Because Donald Trump presents his account as a “Presidential account” and uses it to take actions that can be made only by a President, his Twitter account is a public forum and he cannot block persons who criticize him and his policies from viewing the account, a federal judge found. However, the […]
Balough
December 22, 2013
A third party may not use images posted on Twitter’s TwitPic for commercial purposes without the poster’s permission, a federal district court ruled. On January 12, 2010, following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Agence France Presse (AFP) sought pictures from Haiti by searching TwitPic. Several of the images AFP found and forwarded to its clients, […]
Balough
December 22, 2013
The Center for International Media Law and Policy Studies has named Richard C. Balough to serve on the Center’s Advisory Board. The newly created Center focuses on studying legal protection for media rights in the United States and the world. It is part of the School of Journalism at Indiana University, Bloomington. The Center’s mission includes engaging […]
Balough
December 22, 2013
Tweets along with the tweeter’s email address and other user information may be subpoenaed by the government under the Stored Communications Act, a New York criminal court judge found. The New York District Attorney’s Office issued a subpoena to Twitter in connection with a disorderly conduct charge against defendant, an Occupy Wall Street protester who […]
Balough
December 16, 2013
Three Twitter users who are under investigation in connection with WikiLeaks have no legitimate expectation of privacy in their internet protocol (IP) addresses and the locations of their computers, a federal judge has found. The court denied a request by the trio to quash an order requiring Twitter to turn over the information to the […]
