Police In Britain Arrest Man For Bomb-Threat Joke On Twitter

An anonymous reader writes "A British man was arrested under anti-terrorism legislation for making a bomb joke on Twitter. Paul Chambers, 26, was arrested under the provisions of the Terrorism Act (2006). His crime? Frustrated at grounded flights over inclement weather, he made a joke bomb threat on the social networking site Twitter."

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Human rights.

[TapeCutter]

Human rights are for everyone, including the people who took this guy's "joke" seriously. I don't think freedom of speech gives one the right to make bomb threats or (more classically) shout "fire" in a theater, both of those acts may lead either to injury and/or financial loss. Even if it was a joke you will still have to convince a judge that a resonable person would not take your words seriously in the context they were given.

Re:What part of "use a proxy" can't he understand?

[MrNaz]

Don't trust the Chinese, always whispering their secrets to each other.

Shrug, I do emergcency services

[SmallFurryCreature]

I will presume next time your house is on fire, that it is just a crank call. Hope you make it out alone and can convince the insurance company you did call for help.