Ched Evans rape case: nine fined over naming of footballer's victim on social networking sites

This example shows how Twitter can be used by citizens to publish information which journalists would not be restricted to publish following legal reasons.


In this case, the people who named the rape victim on line have been prosecuted.  Although, in cases where tweets have been retweeted it may be almost impossible to prosecute social network uses.  Consider the implications of this in relation to our topic. 


http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/nov/05/ched-evans-rape-naming-woman