Crimfluencers using violence as ‘social currency’ online
The convergence of the roles of criminal and online influencer has gained the title “crimefluencer” or “crimfluencer”.
Who gets fired over social media posts?
What you say and do on social media can affect your employment. Is this fair – or an invasion of privacy?
To text or not to text: lawyering via chat apps, social media and messaging
As practitioners incorporate the use of social media into their practices, they need to consider the limitations and risks of social media.
Trial by Tik Tok: How social media is affecting the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard case
The highly publicised and controversial defamation case between actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard has become a viral phenomenon with millions dissecting the…
Riding the TikTok boom
Lawyer Jahan Kalantar started creating social media videos as a way to stave off boredom during lockdown. Now more than 81,000 virtual friends are glued…
Voller decision sends warning to Facebook page owners
The High Court has ruled media outlets are liable for defamatory comments published on their Facebook pages, in a landmark appeal over what has become…
To social or not to social?
Many in the profession approach social media with justified trepidation, but those who embrace it are reaping the rewards.
Losing my religion, losing my job?
Israel Folau’s dispute with Rugby Australia has exposed the glaring legal chasm between employment contracts and our right to share views on social media.
The ‘poster boy’ plaintiff and contumacious, contumelious, criminal and civil contempt
A recent liability judgment by Justice Rothman of the NSW Supreme Couris a helpful example of the Court’s approach to proceedings for contempt. By TALITHA…
Social media lawyers learn pitfalls of social media
Social media has made its way into every facet of our lives, and the legal profession is no exception.