Careful what you say on twitter
12 November 2010, 12:38 PM
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Careful what you say on twitter
How dumb is is our judicial system?
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...al-appeal-lost
It seems the law is going to have their hands very busy as hundreds of people are tweeting the exact same message, including some celebrities.
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23IAmSpartacus
Originally Posted by Wired
Paul Chambers, the man who posted a message on Twitter threatening to blow up an airport, has lost the appeal against his conviction and is now facing a £3,000 bill in fines and legal fees.
Back in January, Chambers tweeted ''Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your **** together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!” Not the most hilarious gag in the world, but his disgruntled, sarcastic remark led to his arrest.
Back in January, Chambers tweeted ''Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your **** together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!” Not the most hilarious gag in the world, but his disgruntled, sarcastic remark led to his arrest.
It seems the law is going to have their hands very busy as hundreds of people are tweeting the exact same message, including some celebrities.
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23IAmSpartacus
12 November 2010, 01:46 PM
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it was a daft thing to tweet. in this age of paranoia, you can help by not posting dross like that <-- I meant the tweeter, not you JB 
they did over react though. i expected the authorities to actually look into the bloke before stomping his door down. if they did, he'd have just got a ticking off for being an ID10T.
they did over react though. i expected the authorities to actually look into the bloke before stomping his door down. if they did, he'd have just got a ticking off for being an ID10T.
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12 November 2010, 02:52 PM
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It seems the law is going to have their hands very busy as hundreds of people are tweeting the exact same message, including some celebrities.
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23IAmSpartacus
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23IAmSpartacus
12 November 2010, 03:31 PM
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12 November 2010, 05:23 PM
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You mean it wasn't a joke?
I think a lot of people have said they would like to take down/burn/bomb etc etc businesses at some point who they perceive are not providing the service paid for.
Take the threads on SN about about some big corporate that has off shored a contact centre, I bet you could look at some of the posts and there'll be someone saying it/they need to be shot/taken down/burnt/bombed? They were being serious as well?
Obviously our security forces don't look at everything posted on the net for threats. THey use much more sophisticated analysis of threats. So if they don't focus security alerts on a single angry tweet, most likely they ignored this altogether. So should the actual waste of time fine should be directed to the people who decided to take this to court?
I think a lot of people have said they would like to take down/burn/bomb etc etc businesses at some point who they perceive are not providing the service paid for.
Take the threads on SN about about some big corporate that has off shored a contact centre, I bet you could look at some of the posts and there'll be someone saying it/they need to be shot/taken down/burnt/bombed? They were being serious as well?
Obviously our security forces don't look at everything posted on the net for threats. THey use much more sophisticated analysis of threats. So if they don't focus security alerts on a single angry tweet, most likely they ignored this altogether. So should the actual waste of time fine should be directed to the people who decided to take this to court?
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12 November 2010, 07:29 PM
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There's a difference between saying "XYZ 'needs' to be shot/taken down/burnt/bombed" and "I'm going to shoot/take down/burn/bomb XYZ"
Original bloke is an idiot.
Big Brother is TRULY out there.
Mark
Original bloke is an idiot.
Big Brother is TRULY out there.
Mark
12 November 2010, 07:34 PM
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You can't really blame the judicial system, the legal frame work they have to work within is stupendously out of date and/or is not 95% relevant to todays culture surrounding technology.
12 November 2010, 07:41 PM
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I was always told to deny everything ... someone else could have posted it in his name. Keep schtum is always the best policy, very difficult to prove stuff without an admission.
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12 November 2010, 07:55 PM
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He was actually arrested for a 1977 law (which has been superseded) which prohibits making bomb hoaxes
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