How many twits does it take to ban Twitter?
The new "protocols" designed to make Cornwall Council meetings more open and transparent appear to have resulted in a ban on elected councillors sending Tweets from today's Cabinet. You can Tweet from court, you can Tweet from the chamber of the House of Commons, but you can't Tweet from a council meeting? There are serious problems with the new rules, which I think broadcasting organisations will probably seek to raise formally with the council. The fact that they can be interpreted in such an illiberal manner, turning the clock back more than a year, serves to make the point.
Comment number 1.
At 31st Jan 2012, Tynegod wrote:Can you "Tweet from court"?
Not in the Crown Courts I have ever attended.
No 'phones, cameras or recording equipment.
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