TWEETING is to be allowed as courts begin a slow embrace of the digital age but don't expect live television coverage of proceedings any time soon.
The role of social media such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as restrictions on releasing information, were discussed at a conference on the Gold Coast yesterday.
News Limited chairman and chief executive John Hartigan outlined reforms that would lead to more "open justice'' but Queensland Chief Justice Paul de Jersey argued courts were not "out of touch".
Justice de Jersey referred to the recent Julian Assange bail application in London where journalists were allowed to email stories from inside court.
"In Queensland courts, laptop computers which do not communicate via a cellular network may be used in court proceedings, so tweeting is permitted, though not by jurors.
"The capacity obviously facilitates the earliest online publication of court proceedings."
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Source: couriermail.com.au
By: Paul Weston
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