Twitter thou doeth?

Computer Law and Security Review

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 577-594

  Kierkegaard, Sylvia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b International Association of IT Lawyers   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competition law; Defamation; Freedom of the Press; Jury duty; Libel; Twitter

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION LAW; DEFAMATION; FREEDOM OF THE PRESS; JURY DUTY; LIBEL; TWITTER;

COMPETITION; COPYRIGHTS; CRIME; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 78649241718     PISSN: 02673649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clsr.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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