Man Convicted Of Sending "Menacing" Tweet Gets Appeal Hearing
In one of the more bizarre legal cases involving Twitter to date, English citizen Paul Chambers is getting a second chance to appeal his conviction over a “joke” tweet.
Chambers was convicted of sending a menacing tweet in May of 2010. And the offending tweet? It read:
“Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!”
Authorities first saw the tweet as a threat, but then downgraded it to just a menace – apparently they couldn’t take a joke, as Chambers swears that’s all he meant by the exasperated tweet.
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