Liable for tweets?

This article from CNN is telling of how technology can be very dangerous in our lives. Courtney Love is currently being investigated due to her tweets that supposedly slammed a fashion designer.

Experts call our current technology situation a "cultural shift." It seems to me like privacy is something that is rarely respected. However, in my mind, this is largely due to the many emerging technologies in our current culture. Twitter is just one example of sharing one's personal life with the rest of the world. In one sense, I believe that if someone should post something on the Internet for the public to see, they should consider the consequences of submitting, posting, etc.

Many cannot tell the difference between a joke and reality. Therefore, it makes sense that tweets can be mis-read. Although slamming the designer via tweets might not have been the best judgement on behalf of Courtney Love, I still think it is important that her privacy is honored.