Governor Jerry Brown very appropriately tweeted that he had signed the social media privacy bills. He later followed up with a press release. The Los Angeles Times online version carried the story “Gov. Jerry Brown Tweets That He Signed Social Media Privacy Bills.”
Indian Interior Advisor Rehman Malik says social media must be regulated. Read more here.
There has been a lot in the new lately about legislation restricting sex offenders from using social media, but it is still important that children are educated about using social media sites. Drishyia Nair’s article “Educate Children About Social Media Traps” outlines some of these issues.
A New Jersey law seeks to prevent employers from requiring prospective employees to hand over their social media passwords to enable the potential employer to thoroughly search those sites. Ramon Rivera’s article, “New Social Media Rule for New Jersey Employers Passes Assembly”, doesn’t indicate that legislation is pending in the state’s Senate, however.
Ever wonder what your clients are thinking or saying about a particular issue? Social media makes it easy to find out as proven by the number of tweets, posts, blogs, etc that were devoted to Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act. Naturally, it’s helpful to know how your clients feel about certain issues, but it’s also good to know how they are expressing themselves. Deanne Katz’s article, “Everyone Has a Social Media Opinion on the Health Care Ruling, ” examines some of those comments.
Police in Michigan are refining and increasing how they use social media to solve and prevent crimes. Cecil Angel writes about how “Michigan Police Use Facebook, Twitter to Catch Crooks.” Michigan police are using social media to track down criminals, but they are also using it proactively to reach out to the public and to detect and prevent crime before in can happen.
Edward Wyatt reports on the FTC charging Myspace with privacy violations in his article, “F.T.C. Charges Myspace With Breaking U.S. Law in Sharing Users’ Personal Information.”
The NYPD has announced plans for a special unit to monitor social media for criminals who post about crimes they have committed or are planning to commit.
Julie Gottlieb posted “NYPD Establishes ‘Social Media Unit'” on Social Media Law News. Read the full article here:
http://socialmedialawnews.com/2011/08/12/nypd-establishes-social-media-unit/