Summary
TWITTER has always had something of the toilet wall about it. Once upon a time, shy wags seeking an audience had little option but to scrawl a joke on the white porcelain of a public convenience. Now they can do the same thing from the comfort of their sofas, writing whatever they want, about whoever they want, before sending it out in the world.
If it were left up to the Twitter community, who tend to be avid supporters of free speech, authors of these tiny messages could pretty much say anything without fear of legal repercussions. But the police think differently. With two arrests made purely on the content of jokey postings, it is starting to look as if careless tweets really can cost lives.See the full content of this document
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Don't Let Harsh Policing Crush Our Freedom of Tweets
There was outrage earlier this year Paul Chambers, a trainee accountant, was arrested under the terrorism act...
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