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'Likes' fall under free speech protections, Facebook says
Are Facebook "likes" free speech? The company who propagated the term and is at the center of an unfair firing suit seems to think it is. Facebook has come forward to defend a Virginia deputy sheriff who was fired for "liking" the Facebook page of his boss's political opponent.A court ruled that "likes" are not protected speech, and therefore Daniel Ray Carter's termination was within the bounds of constitutional law.But Facebook disagrees, and the social networking giant filed a briefing with the court in anticipation of Carter's upcoming appeal.In the...
Published By: Tech Radar - Tuesday, 7 August, 2012
