He is also the legal affairs editor at The New Republic . `` One thing that privacy protects is the ability not to be judged out of context on the basis of isolated snippets of information rather than genuine knowledge , '' he said . As technology evolves at breakneck speed , thorny legal issues are emerging , experts say . People are being sued for what they post on social-networking sites such as Twitter . The companies that host these websites have been accused of violating the First Amendment by censoring certain speech and blocking others from posting information about themselves or their businesses. The law is `` at least five years behind technology as it is developing , '' legal expert says .
As technology evolves at breakneck speed , thorny legal issues are emerging , experts say . People are being sued for what they post on social-networking sites such as Twitter . The companies that host these websites have been accused of violating the First Amendment by censoring certain speech and blocking others from posting information about themselves or their businesses. The law is `` at least five years behind technology as it is developing , '' legal expert says .