Wikileaks' Julian Assange court appeal makes Twitter history

harvey007

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Tue Dec-14-10 10:47 AM
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Wikileaks' Julian Assange court appeal makes Twitter history

Source: Tech Radar

The court appeal of Julian Assange in London has made history today as the first time ever tweeting has been allowed in a UK courtroom.

Usually no phones or recording are allowed in a courtroom but the judge presiding over the Wikileaks' head Julian Assange's court appeal has allowed journalists to use Twitter in court to keep an account of proceedings.

Read more: http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/julian-assange-court-appeal-makes-twitter-history-915633

Twitter makes history -- whodda thunk?

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Tue Dec-14-10 10:53 AM
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1. Assange

is the reason twitter made history ;)

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Tue Dec-14-10 11:20 AM
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2. +1

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harvey007

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Tue Dec-14-10 11:29 AM
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3. Tweeting in U.S. courts still banned by many judges

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504383_162-5591067-504383.html

http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/twitter-moves-federal-court

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Tue Dec-14-10 11:34 AM
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4. Because "public" doesn't really mean public.

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