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Guatemalan Twitter User Arrested For "Inciting Panic"

Posted by timothy on from the rebroadcast-as-necessary dept.

talishte points out (with a snippet from BoingBoing) that "Amid protests in the streets and on social networks calling for Guatemala's president to step down after the assassination of a whistleblower attorney, Guatemalan police have arrested a Twitter user for 'inciting panic' through tweets. In the capital city today, police raided his home and confiscated his computer."

3 of 76 comments (clear)

  1. Re:While you are at it by RobertB-DC · · Score: 2, Funny

    While you are at it (Score:0, Redundant)

    Ah, Slashdot. Where even the First Post can be declared "Redundant".

    Now, if you can get a "+5, Redundant", you can win teh internets.

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  2. They confiscated his computer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It would be cool if you could bypass the computer and "tweet" directly from a mobile device like a phone...

  3. I don't know how to feel about this... by jeffb+(2.718) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Suppressing free speech: bad.

    Ridding the world of Twitter, one twit at a time... hmm.