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California Beach Considers Posting DUIs to Facebook

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Facebook and other social media sites are playing a much larger role in the way that lawyers and lawmakers publicize information. Now, according to an article in the LA Times, officials in Huntington Beach, California, have sparked a new debate surrounding DUI information and the social media giant. Officials in Huntington Beach are considering posting the names of suspected drunk drivers on the city’s Facebook page. This potential tactic of publicly putting those arrested for DUI to shame by spreading their names online would be one part of a broader campaign to discourage drunk driving in the community, according to Lt. Russell Reinhart of the Huntington Police Department. The idea came up in a City Council meeting, when Councilman Devin Dwyer put the idea on the table for police officials to consider...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on November 24, 2010 (boomark / email).