Are Twitter messages a stream of opinion and hyperbole that should be taken lightly, or a serious form of communication that can expose users to defamation and libel claims?
That debate is beginning to play out in the court system, where a small but growing number of lawsuits have been filed against Twitter users by those claiming to have been libeled or defamed by so-called “tweets”—the 140-character messages users send to their followers.
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