Twitter is a funny place. A joke hashtag one day could make you a tweeting outcast the next.
Take #FirstWorldProblems for instance. If you’ve been on Twitter for any length of time, you’ve likely seen silly tweets attached to this hashtag. Well, add “Getting guff on Twitter” to your #FirstWorldProblems list, because the hashtag starting to seriously tick off some people.
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The past few weeks have been rife with news about people getting into trouble because of their tweets, but this appears to be the harshest punishment dolled out recently: A Chinese bride was arrested – on her wedding day – because of something she retweeted. The authorities have sentenced her to one year of hard labor to “re-educate” her. Amnesty has stepped in to plead for the woman’s rights, but thus far authorities aren’t budging.
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