UK Commission Explains That Public Tweets Are Public
from the in-case-you-were-wondering dept
Apparently, a woman in the UK didn’t seem to realize that her Twitter account was public. After finding out some of her Twitter messages were picked up and mentioned in some newspapers, she complained that this was a violation of her privacy rights. This resulted in a case before the Press Complaints Commission, who explained that information that you put out publicly is not private info. Thanks for clearing that up. Public info is public. Good to know.
Comments on “UK Commission Explains That Public Tweets Are Public”
Obvious ruling is obvious.
Yeah, yeah… I had to say it.
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“Yeah, yeah… I had to say it.”
The same way someone was bound to bring that law suit. They just didn’t do it for the lulz.
I don’t know exactly why I’m laughing but that is just hilarious.
Why people put information on public forums and expect privacy?
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She had to enter a password to login, therefore it must be private.
/sarc
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You just made the wheel on Mike’s wagon fall off.
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wagons have wheels? why does nobody Tell me these things?!
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does your wagon just have four freely rotating squares on it? i hope they’re all the same size!
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“does your wagon just have four freely rotating squares on it?”
That would make his wagon a freetard.
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it has to have squared wheeled, round wheels are patented
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Only because the buggy wheel manufacturers learned from the buggy whip manufacturer’s mistakes, and now continually supress anti-gravity technology.
Ever wondered why it’s always 20 years away?
it's all relative
Yes, it sounds funny when you understand that Twitter is a public forum. The thing to remember is that most of the people in the world are not aware that it is a public forum.
People sit in their private homes and type words on their computers for their friends to read. The same way people not so long ago typed letters that they put into envelopes, stamped and dropped in a mailbox. Just because many people use computers is no guarantee they understand them.
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The thing to remember is that most of the people in the world are not aware that it is a public forum.
The thing to remember is that everyone who joins Twitter has an obligation to know what it is. I mean, they even have an option to make their posts private. What more do you want? A Twitter employee to come to your home and explain it to you?
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“What more do you want? A Twitter employee to come to your home and explain it to you?”
Is she cute?
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not particularly, she’s the ugly twin sister of Brunhilda from Mel Brooks ‘Robin Hood, Men in Tights’.
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That is like saying private messages on Facebook will forever remain private. They won’t. Eventually facebook will have a breach internally or externally, and something with the expectation of privacy will be public.
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The thing to remember is that most of the people in the world are not aware that it is a public forum.
citation needed
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I’ll see your “citation needed” and raise you a “citation needed.”
They should have pasted their ruling onto a photo of a cat. She would have understood, then.
About public did anyone knew that Einstein is a trademark and copyrighted?
CNN: Granddaughter wants share of Einstein estate profits
WTF!?
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But without virtually indefinite IP laws we wouldn’t have geniuses like Einstein.
Heavy bricks are heavy.
I always wonder if Tomoyo’s Room is the source of this.
http://manga.clone-army.org/t42r.php?page=207&lang=
the problem was that a newspaper published her tweets for some reason she complained the word idiot springs to mind.
Public tweets are public…. the information BEHIND the tweet (who posted it and when) is not usually public, so that is protected.
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That’s absolutely wrong, Christopher. The tweet is public, your names (screen name and user name) are a part of every tweet. The time it was posted is fuzzy… you see “x minutes/hours/days ago” instead of a timestamp. Of course, if it says “4 minutes ago”, you know exactly when.
example, off a random hashtag search:
screen name: sl33stak
user name: Jamie A MacDonald
@TechCrunch I prefer MY #Kickstarter project of #Detroit http://kck.st/e93ANp Well..If you’re into #Photography anyways.
7 minutes ago via Echofon
Twitter’s TOS pretty clearly state you own your tweets.
Journo should have asked for permission, or it’s theft.
Reproducing someone’s tweets without consent is irresponsible.
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yeahbut it is not quite that simple
(from https://twitter.com/tos)
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Sounds like there is no real right to or expectation of privacy on Twitter. I wonder how this makes that Icelandic politician and the EFF feel right now?
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All those provisions seem to spell out that Twitter is the one with the license to display (use) any content you give them. There is nothing that says anyone without a connection or business relationship with twitter can freely use your content.
Oh. My. God.
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No. Way.
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Way!
Would that include private messages or @person messages sent on Twitter?
Long Cat
Long cat is pleased by this.
Because long cat is loooooooooooooong.
Twitter, Facebook, MySpace…human vanity and stupidity know no bounds.