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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."

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  1. And in Mexico... by alexborges · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Some electoral institution is attempting to block a YouTube video that criticizes a politician.

    Damn.

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    NO SIG
  2. Re:Freedom of speech... by veganboyjosh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Facebook, huh?

    What about:
    Myspace
    Friendster
    Classmates
    Usenet
    Etc...


    What's that? these don't do the things you want them to do, like Facebook does? Huh.