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UK Politician Lord McAlpine To Sue 10,000 Twitter Users In Historic Lawsuit

Lauren Dugan — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:00:00 +0000

It’s already been well established that you can be sued for what you tweet. But a UK politician is taking this logic to the extreme and suing over 10,000 Twitter users for tweeting and retweeting libelous claims that he was involved in a sex abuse scandal. If the lawsuit hits the courts, it will be the largest in UK history in terms of the number of defendants.
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Would You Wear This Twitter Dress? [PICS]

Lauren Dugan — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:00:17 +0000

It’s no Lady Gaga meat dress, but X Factor judge and former lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls Nicole Scherzinger was sporting a Twitter outfit at Thursday night’s EE gala in the UK.
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Twitter Is Giving Away £1,000 In Advertising To Small Businesses In The UK

Lauren Dugan — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:00:15 +0000

Twitter wants to get UK advertisers on board with their Promoted Products, so they’re making them an offer: share your Twitter stories with us, and we’ll give you £1,000 to spend.
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Two-Thirds Of Us Believe Revenge Is Best Served On Twitter [STUDY]

Lauren Dugan — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:00:50 +0000

A new UK survey says that social networks are responsible for our need to exact revenge on our enemies.
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How Social Are UK SEO Agencies? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Lauren Dugan — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:00:30 +0000

Companies offering search engine optimization (SEO) services aim to help their clients’ websites rank higher on Google, Bing and other search engines. But SEO does not exist in a bubble – many agencies are adding social media to their repertoire to help boost their visibility. Just how effectively are they using Twitter, Facebook and other social network?
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Man Convicted For Tweeting A Joke Takes His Case To The High Court

Lauren Dugan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:15:29 +0000

“Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!”

That’s the tweet that got trainee accountant Paul Chambers a criminal record, earning him the title of first British citizen to be convicted for something he tweeted. However, Chambers isn’t going down without a fight, and has challenged the conviction in the UK high court.
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UK Supreme Court Will Tweet About Its Judgements

Lauren Dugan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:04 +0000

The UK Supreme Court has just signed up for Twitter, and plans to tweet about the cases it hears in an effort to increase transparency at the upper echelons of the legal system.
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Two Young Brits Barred From US For Tweeting Jokes

Lauren Dugan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:28 +0000

Twitter and Facebook present unique challenges and opportunities for law enforcement. They can provide insight into illicit communication between terrorists… or they can give Homeland Security a reason to flip out over a joke.
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Senior Lobbyist Faces Internal Investigation After String Of Inappropriate Tweets

Lauren Dugan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:45:49 +0000

Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised at these kinds of stories anymore, but for some reason they still get to me: Yet another high profile person has been burned by things they themselves put out there for the world to see on Twitter.
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Twitter UK Hires Former BBC Sports Social Media Editor

Lauren Dugan — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:30:53 +0000

Twitter is bolstering its UK office with the hire of a new team member, Lewis Wiltshire, a former BBC sports social media editor.
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UK Journalists Can Now Tweet From Any Courtroom Without Getting Permission First

Lauren Dugan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:15:55 +0000

New rules have been set out for social media in the courtroom, and Twitter is getting a warm welcome. Journalists in the UK can now use Twitter during court proceedings without requesting permission before tweeting.
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How The Top 15 Construction Companies In The UK Use Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]

Lauren Dugan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:10:42 +0000

It can’t be easy being a construction company trying to harness social media. They don’t have a simple or accessible product to sell. Instead, they’ve got to find a way to be social with a service that is pretty intangible.

Pauley Creative took a look at how the top 15 construction companies in the UK are using Twitter and other social media to get their message across, with some mixed findings.
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The State Of Social Media In The UK [INFOGRAPHIC]

Lauren Dugan — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:40:30 +0000

How do companies in the UK perceive social media? And Twitter specifically? That’s the question that Big Mouth Media asked when they put together this infographic visualizing the current state of social media in the UK.
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UK Promoted Trends See Engagement Rates As High As 11%

Lauren Dugan — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:35:36 +0000

Twitter began selling its advertising products, Promoted Trends, Tweets and Accounts, in the UK in late September.

Now, Electronic Arts (EA), the second advertiser to participate in the program, has just released some statistical insight into just how effective these ads have been.
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70 Percent Of Brits Would Agree With Shutting Down Twitter During Civil Unrest

Lauren Dugan — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:20:39 +0000

A new survey indicates that the majority of Brits would agree with their government or service providers shutting down social media during an outbreak of civil unrest in their country.
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