Twitter joke trial ends with man losing appeal over ‘menacing’ airport tweet
Paul Chambers lost his job because of a January tweet in which he hinted at blowing up a South Yorkshire airport after it was closed due to snow.
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Tweeters Risk the Law by Retweeting Same Message That Found a Man Guilty [Twitter]
# twitter Following Paul Chambers’ guilty verdict yesterday over a joke tweet where he “threatened” to blow up a British airport, tweeters have rallied together, tweeting the offending message with the hashtag #IAmSpartacus . Will the police arrest them all ? [ Twitter via TechRadar ] More »
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