When Is A Violent Facebook Post A 'Threat'? SCOTUS Isn't Sure.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/supreme-court-intent-matters-in-violent-facebook-posts-20150601
The Supreme Court on Monday inched a little bit closer to answering a
major free-speech question: how to draw the line between real threats
of violence and angry diatribes protected by the First Amendment. In
an 8-1 ruling, the court threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania
man who wrote violent, obscene Facebook posts about killing his wife,
his coworkers, FBI agents and even kindergartners. But the court did
not set a clear standard for future cases involving online threats,
and some of the justices complained that the ruling would only make
the legal landscape more complicated.
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