Judge Dismisses Twitter Stalking Case

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Judge Dismisses Twitter Stalking Case 51

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, 2011 @11:35AM from the avert-thine-eyes dept.

itwbennett writes "Saying that Twitter and blogs are today's equivalent of a bulletin board that one is free to disregard (as compared to e-mails or phone calls directed to a victim), Maryland Judge Roger Titus on Thursday dismissed a criminal case against a person who was charged with stalking a religious leader on Twitter."

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Re:Woah (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday December 16, 2011 @12:26PM (#38398736)

Shhh...You'll hurt the little slashtards' feelings.

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Right to not be offended? (Score:4, Funny)

by cheekyjohnson ( 1873388 ) writes: on Friday December 16, 2011 @12:45PM (#38399104)

But what about my right to not be offended? Can't we just arrest anyone who says something that I dislike? Otherwise, they'll hurt my self-esteem!

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