Twitter Death Threats Against President Being Investigated by Brazilian Authorities
Brazilian authorities are investigating death threats made via Twitter towards the newly inaugurated president this weekend. They are trying to uncover the origin of certain death threats in order to prosecute individuals for a variety of crimes. This is not the first time a death threat on Twitter has resulted in official and legal action.
According to Novinite, Roberto Gurgel, Brazil’s chief prosecutor, spoke to the press about the recent death threats: “We are going to analyze these messages in order to see if the current legislation provides for charging their authors.”
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