The Supreme Court of Canada's Chief Justice, Beverly McLachlan, raised many virtual eyebrows on January 31 when she expressed concern about the impacts of social media on Canada's justice system. Her worry is that people using social media as their main information source may be getting an inaccurate impression of the justice system.

Especially timely -- at least to West Coast Environmental Law -- was her question: "How can a medium such as Twitter inform the public accurately or adequately, in 140 characters or less, of the real gist of a complex constitutional decision?"

The Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly (GTWA) has sent the invite out to University Sector Workers to visit Occupy Toronto. Lets make the connection between the struggle for decent jobs and services and the occupy movement. Given that the site is under threat of eviction the second half of the meeting will be a discussion on social movements and the law and how we can defend the occupy movement.

The creation of a web development company and Siberia's Press Development Institute, the 'Tak-tak-tak' project exists as an online meeting place for discussions about social change in the Russian Federation.

The social advocacy network encourages Russian citizens to share their problems on a range of social issues: copyright, real estate, access to information, freedom of speech, family life, healthcare, military service, citizenship, etc. In return, participants receive free legal advice from experts. An investigation may commence if additional information is required to arrive at a solution.

http://taktaktak.ru/