British man fined 1,477 dollars for posting on Twitter
 

what an idiot ......


BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhuanet) -- A British man has been fined about 1,000 British pounds (1,477 U.S. dollars) for posting a message on his miniblog, news reports said on Wednesday.

Paul Chambers, who posted on his Twitter that he was trying to blow up the Robin Hood airport in the southwest of Doncaster, England.

Security servicemen at the airport saw his tweet and suspecting it as a serious threat to the airport for they informed the local police.

Doncaster magistrates fined him 385 British pounds (568.80 dollars), plus 600 pounds (886.40 dollars) costs.

It is a warning to those Twitter users which may take for granted that their messages cannot be seen as they do not have any followers, reported Financial Times. Messages on Twitter are visible to anyone unless comments are protected via privacy settings which would not make them public and only available to those who are accepted by invitation.


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english201...c_13290016.htm

freedom of speech? So if i say "i planted bomb on Space station in space", i will get bill to pay?

I think he got off light.

I dont think they take things like that very lightly whether it is a joke or not and posting things like that is plain stupid and you are looking to end up in court

freedom of speech doesn't cover deaththreats

Fire!!!!!

This is the second time this has happened recently, wasn't it?

I think he got off light too! Sheesh, there's just some things that aren't funny.

Hard as it may be to believe, you seem to be even dumber than I thought. You might want to get that checked.

Serves the twat right, I think he got off lightly really.

I thought the whole point of twatter was to make public your random brainless thoughts every 5 seconds like a demented attention seeking moron. Didn't realise anybody would want to be using it AND be private.

at the end of every freedom... is a law.

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