Comments on: How private is a tweet? http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/02/08/how-private-is-a-tweet/ A conversation. Mon, 21 May 2012 12:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Andy C http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/02/08/how-private-is-a-tweet/#comment-17859 Andy C Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:49:31 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12868#comment-17859 Maybe and as I have now read the PCC guidelines, I conclude that, although she justifiably felt picked on and victimised and it was undoubtedly a 'non story', she had absolutely no grounds of success with her complaints so why bother ? Maybe and as I have now read the PCC guidelines, I conclude that, although she justifiably felt picked on and victimised and it was undoubtedly a ‘non story’, she had absolutely no grounds of success with her complaints so why bother ?

]]> By: Tweets that mention How private is a tweet? | Online Journalism Blog -- Topsy.com http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/02/08/how-private-is-a-tweet/#comment-17858 Tweets that mention How private is a tweet? | Online Journalism Blog -- Topsy.com Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:23:59 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12868#comment-17858 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Paul Bradshaw, Online Journo Blog and Abigail Sawyer, Sergio J. Valera. Sergio J. Valera said: RT @paulbradshaw Interesting example in the comments of a private tweet being supplied to a journalist & published: http://bit.ly/dJGAjK [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Paul Bradshaw, Online Journo Blog and Abigail Sawyer, Sergio J. Valera. Sergio J. Valera said: RT @paulbradshaw Interesting example in the comments of a private tweet being supplied to a journalist & published: http://bit.ly/dJGAjK [...]

]]> By: Stuart Harrison http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/02/08/how-private-is-a-tweet/#comment-17857 Stuart Harrison Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:57:33 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12868#comment-17857 I happen to know Baskers, and I know she bought the complaint because she felt victimised and bullied by Quentin Letts and others. OK, the complaint of privacy may not be extremely accurate, but when you're dealing with the PCC, complaints have to be made against specific points, and, when you're dealing with a bully, you're going to use any methods available to you. I happen to know Baskers, and I know she bought the complaint because she felt victimised and bullied by Quentin Letts and others. OK, the complaint of privacy may not be extremely accurate, but when you’re dealing with the PCC, complaints have to be made against specific points, and, when you’re dealing with a bully, you’re going to use any methods available to you.

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/02/08/how-private-is-a-tweet/#comment-17856 Paul Bradshaw Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:55:11 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12868#comment-17856 Very interesting case, Scarlett - thanks. Without knowing the details of the situation, there is an obvious public interest case, but the content of the tweet itself doesn't seem that important. The closest analogy would be someone overhearing the same conversation between two people during a meeting. But I guess context is key here. Very interesting case, Scarlett – thanks. Without knowing the details of the situation, there is an obvious public interest case, but the content of the tweet itself doesn’t seem that important. The closest analogy would be someone overhearing the same conversation between two people during a meeting. But I guess context is key here.

]]> By: Scarlett Heydt http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/02/08/how-private-is-a-tweet/#comment-17855 Scarlett Heydt Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:35:00 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12868#comment-17855 It's interesting you blogged about tweets not being private. What about in terms of what a journalist should do if they are given access to a private Twitter account? I recently stumbled on this story, what do you think the ethical call should have been? http://downtowndevil.com/2011/02/08/asasud-senate-twitter-facebook-posts/ It’s interesting you blogged about tweets not being private. What about in terms of what a journalist should do if they are given access to a private Twitter account? I recently stumbled on this story, what do you think the ethical call should have been? http://downtowndevil.com/2011/02/08/asasud-senate-twitter-facebook-posts/

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]]> By: Andy C http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/02/08/how-private-is-a-tweet/#comment-17853 Andy C Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:26:54 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12868#comment-17853 What worries me most is that an intelligent woman who is a civil servant and active on multiple social networks can't fathom that a Tweet is in the public domain. If she truly wanted her inane microblogging drivel to be strictly limited to her hundreds of followers, she should create a private feed but I suspect she raised the 2 PCC complaints to somehow make a name for herself which has now backfired. What worries me most is that an intelligent woman who is a civil servant and active on multiple social networks can’t fathom that a Tweet is in the public domain.

If she truly wanted her inane microblogging drivel to be strictly limited to her hundreds of followers, she should create a private feed but I suspect she raised the 2 PCC complaints to somehow make a name for herself which has now backfired.

]]> By: Tweets that mention How private is a tweet? | Online Journalism Blog -- Topsy.com http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/02/08/how-private-is-a-tweet/#comment-17852 Tweets that mention How private is a tweet? | Online Journalism Blog -- Topsy.com Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:26:46 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12868#comment-17852 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Paul Bradshaw and Owain Betts, Jorge Luis Sierra. Jorge Luis Sierra said: RT @paulbradshaw: How private is a tweet? http://bit.ly/gGyEE0 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Paul Bradshaw and Owain Betts, Jorge Luis Sierra. Jorge Luis Sierra said: RT @paulbradshaw: How private is a tweet? http://bit.ly/gGyEE0 [...]

]]> By: Dominic Sayers http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/02/08/how-private-is-a-tweet/#comment-17851 Dominic Sayers Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:20:23 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12868#comment-17851 Publishing a Twitter DM should be subject to the same laws as eavesdropping on phone calls or opening private mail. But a tweet or @reply is public, of course. How private is a tweet? Not private. Public. That's kind of the point and the PCC, for once, is quite right, however juvenile and mean-spirited the original article. If this woman's employers decided to stop her Twittering or disciplined her for doing so, that would be an interesting story. As far as I am aware they have not. Publishing a Twitter DM should be subject to the same laws as eavesdropping on phone calls or opening private mail. But a tweet or @reply is public, of course.

How private is a tweet? Not private. Public. That’s kind of the point and the PCC, for once, is quite right, however juvenile and mean-spirited the original article.

If this woman’s employers decided to stop her Twittering or disciplined her for doing so, that would be an interesting story. As far as I am aware they have not.

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