Jail - AllTwitter http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter The Unofficial Twitter Resource Copyright 2013 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:00:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Bahrain Court Overturns Activist’s Twitter Sentence A Bahrain court has overturned activist Nabeel Rajab’s three month conviction. And his crime? Tweeting.
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]]> Lauren Dugan http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/bahrain-activist-twitter-sentence_b27377#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/bahrain-activist-twitter-sentence_b27377 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=27377 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:00:08 +0000 Bahrain Activist Sentenced To Three Months In Jail For Tweeting Insults Charged with tweeting insulting comments about the Prime Minister, a Bahrain activist has been sentenced to three months behind bars.
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]]> Lauren Dugan http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/bahrain-activist-jailed-for-tweet_b25198#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/bahrain-activist-jailed-for-tweet_b25198 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=25198 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:00:09 +0000 Kuwaiti Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Jail Because Of Mohammad Tweets A 26-year-old Kuwaiti man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for tweeting insults about the Prophet Mohammad and Saudi Arabia and Bahrain rulers.
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]]> Lauren Dugan http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/kuwaiti-man-jailed-for-tweets_b23541#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/kuwaiti-man-jailed-for-tweets_b23541 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=23541 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:00:26 +0000 Indonesian Minister Says Twitter Offenders May Face Up To 7-12 Years In Jail The Communications and Information Minister of Indonesia has said that anyone found tweeting content that violates the law could face between 7 and 12 years in prison.
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]]> Lauren Dugan http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/indonesian-minister-says-twitter-offenders-may-face-up-to-7-12-years-in-jail_b18440#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/indonesian-minister-says-twitter-offenders-may-face-up-to-7-12-years-in-jail_b18440 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=18440 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:17 +0000 South Korean Man Thrown In Jail For Retweeting The North Amnesty International is urging South Korea to release a man they have in custody. And his crime? Retweeting their Northern enemy.
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]]> Lauren Dugan http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/south-korean-man-thrown-in-jail-for-retweeting-the-north_b18236#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/south-korean-man-thrown-in-jail-for-retweeting-the-north_b18236 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=18236 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:45:35 +0000 Man Freed After 3 Months In Jail For Tweeting Back in June, we wrote about Nasser Abdul, a Kuwaiti man who was both sued and detained for disparaging tweets he sent against the Baharain and Saudi Arabia ruling families. After more than three months behind bars for his 140-character thoughts, Abdul has finally been freed.
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]]> Lauren Dugan http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/man-freed-after-3-month-in-jail-for-tweeting_b14346#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/man-freed-after-3-month-in-jail-for-tweeting_b14346 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=14346 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:05:20 +0000 Scottish Bill Would See Jail Time For Sending Threats Via Twitter It all started with football (or soccer, for us North Americans), as so much in the UK does. A Scottish bill that is currently going through parliament would see to it that people posting threatening or offensive messages on Twitter would see a maximum jail time of up to 5 years.
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]]> Lauren Dugan http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/scottish-bill-would-see-jail-time-for-sending-threats-via-twitter_b10406#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/scottish-bill-would-see-jail-time-for-sending-threats-via-twitter_b10406 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=10406 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:05:37 +0000 One Tweet Sends Sex Offender Back to Jail If his crime wasn’t so disgusting, this would be a completely eye-roll-worthy story: a sex offender has landed himself in jail, after being offered probation, for breaking a single rule that his judge had set – no Twitter.
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