Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Twitter's European boss warns users may face court(BBC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13546847


Twitter's new European boss has suggested that users who break privacy injunctions by posting on the site could face the UK courts.Tony Wang said people who did "bad things" needed to defend themselves.He warned that the site would hand over user information to the authorities where they were "legally required".Lawyers are challenging Twitter in court to reveal the identities of Twitter users who violated a super-injunction.MP John Hemming named Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs in Parliament on Monday as the footballer who had used a super-injunction to hide an alleged affair, after Mr Giggs' name had been widely aired on Twitter.Responding to a question from BBC News at the e-G8 forum in Paris, Mr Wang said: "Platforms have a responsibility, not to defend that user but to protect that user's right to defend him or herself".He declined to comment on the case directly but explained that in general, when dealing with cases of illegal activity, Twitter would comply with
local laws to turn over user details.He stressed that the site would also notify those individuals of any such request.


Because I tend to post comments whose contents are full of ironical statements on Twitter, My comments may be regarded as aggressive comments and that may lead me to be accused of defamation.


But
The most important thing I'm concerned about is to post one's accurate identity on SNS.
Since their information can be seen from all over the world, one has the possibility to be alienated from the society.