[LinuxUsers] Off topic: Man Arrested for Twittering Goes to Court

[Chris Penn]

Man Arrested for Twittering Goes to Court
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/man-arrested-twittering-goes-court-eff-has-documen

Arrest Puts Focus on Protesters’ Texting
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/nyregion/05txt.html?_r=1&bl

At first I thought, GREAT, some people should go to jail for some of
the useless stuff they tweet.
In all seriousness, Why would this be illegal?  Are they saying that
these protesters are insinuating a riot?

Chris...

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