So much for freedom of speech… Through social media there is and will always be an exception to being "entitled to your opinion".More and more people continue engaging in the social media every day and for those who are already using it need to also realize it's not the same as having a face to face conversation. What you post WILL be used against you in the Court of Law! Just as it was used against Leong Yook Kong of Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia for posting his thoughts.
Skimming through the social media I began reading this article of 64 year old retired Leong Yook Kong who used his Facebook page to express his anger on a Mechanics Training Center where his son failed an exam in vehicle maintenance. In his comments he stated how the center was, "guilty of fraud" and had "corrupt practices".
After the hearing in court it was determined that Kong had no evidence to support his claims against the center where his son attended school. Also because his intentions were to defame the center he lost the case.
All it took was three posts and in exchange a $31,000 fine and the acknowledgement on his behalf that he would no longer post defamatory statements.
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Ariane,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the post. This could be a great piece if you wrote it in the first person. For exapoke, "I was reading about a 64-year-old man named [[[ in [[[ who did [[[[ and felt [[[."
Otherwise, you are missing some sources of information (e.g., where did you read about the 64-year-old man").
Thx.
Perri