To tweet or not to tweet
The blame game has reached new heights this week as no stone is left unturned in bid for a new level damages claim. Now even the virtual micro-blogging site, Twitter, is playing a vital role in the court case of Horizon Group Management versus Ms Amanda Bonnen.
Bonnen announced in her 140 character blog, “Who said sleeping in a mouldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon really thinks its okay!” Consequently leading Horizon to sue Bonnen for her slanderous claims that her rented apartment was mouldy and for “the worldwide damage to their reputation caused by her 20 followers.
The twitter community was further outraged by the remarks made by Horizon when they promptly released a statement saying they were a ‘sue first, ask later company’ which does not bode well for either the company and or the industry.
Flippant claims like that of Horizon are more likely to have caused them far more bad publicity than Bonnen’s short defamatory remark could ever have caused. They truly have worked themselves into a bad public spin with their callous attitude.
Many other tweets goad Horizon to taking multiple twitters to court as a show of support for Bonnen, as Horizon sue her for $50, 000 in damages to their ‘good’ name.
The court case could mark a depressing new era seeing public tweets used in a multitude of court claims and many despair at thought that the virtual ‘coffee shop’ environment will soon have to reign in the public tweet for fear of a sue claim, as twitters point out that having a public conversation which includes the odd snide remark has not yet been used as court evidence.
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July 31st 2009
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