How Facebook and Twitter Are Affecting Major Sports and Individual’s First Amendment Rights

By Richard J. Symmes, Esq. of Balaban & Levinson, P.C. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have made a profound impact upon the world of sports, especially within the past few months. Some leagues and sports teams have taken the stance that some postings should be censored or eliminated, which could violate an individual’s First Amendment freedom of speech rights. Twitter is a social networking site in which users post real time updates of up to 140 characters for their follo