The internet - should people be more careful about what they write on there???

On the news today, a story has come out that an anonymous person, has been tweeting private information about celebrities on Twitter. This hit the news, due to all of this 'information' being previously kept confidential by order of a judge when taken to court. Due to this gossip being released publicly on Twitter its caused a lot of controversy, over whether twitter should be made to close the account down to hide the information or whether people have the right to post what they want and so should be allowed to keep posting things.

Hearing this story, my immediate reaction was that it was really unfair on the celebrities, and that they should be allowed to protest against the information about them being released. However after thinking it through further and hearing the type of information that was tweeted, mainly info about people having affairs, I now kind of feel the opposite.
The internet is huge, its accessible to anyone, and I don't think that people should have to follow rules to use it. I do still think that celebrities should have their privacy, of course, the same as anybody else, but whether your a celebrity or not, things about peoples lives come out, from small insignificant things to big secrets of people cheating on other people.

Overall, this story has complicated my views on social networks, the news, sources of information in general. In the circumstances of t.v, radio, and newspapers, I definatly think that they should be careful about what they write and say, because they have audiences that follow them, who make their judgements and opinions on the info they give to them. However when it comes down to the internet, I feel that it shouldn't be watched or monitored, its too large for that, and people should be able to freely say what they want. At the end of the day it is the person reading that information that decides if it is just gossip, or if its 100% correct, and so the majority of people on the net should not be punished, for the actions of the few.

This is just my opinion though, following the people I do on sites like YouTube and having started using the net to blog myself, I would be very disappointed if it came about that normal people weren't allowed to express themselves, due to consent fear of upsetting someone or causing unrest.

What do others think though.
Should certain websites be monitored?
Should there be consequences for people such as the tweeter today?
Where should it stop?
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