Comments on: Duty to Tweet http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/11/29/duty-to-tweet/ a group of adventurers on an epic quest Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:10:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Longasc http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/11/29/duty-to-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-35535 Longasc Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:31:48 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=5344#comment-35535 Germany has a law that requires you to assist wounded people or people in dire need as long as your life is not immediately threatened, too. But I am not sure if this law would actually be applicable in this situation. Still, I *think* (not 100% sure) that there must be a law that I am obliged to help the police if they ask me for assistance. The problem here is that it is unclear if the tweet would have done anything. You are not obliged to do every BS the police tells you either, after all. I guess this is an interesting question for lawyers and courts... and I wonder how different the answers in different countries could be. Germany has a law that requires you to assist wounded people or people in dire need as long as your life is not immediately threatened, too.

But I am not sure if this law would actually be applicable in this situation. Still, I *think* (not 100% sure) that there must be a law that I am obliged to help the police if they ask me for assistance.

The problem here is that it is unclear if the tweet would have done anything. You are not obliged to do every BS the police tells you either, after all. I guess this is an interesting question for lawyers and courts… and I wonder how different the answers in different countries could be.

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