<h2>You've got to be kidding me! ... "The prosecution's theory in this case is that using Twitter to criticize a public figure can be a criminal act if the person's feelings are hurt."</h2>
<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />|  Prosecuted For Critical Twittering<br />|   from the tweets-are-for-jailbirds  dept.<br />|   posted by Soulskill on Monday August 01, @14:29 (Electronic  Frontier Foundation)<br />|   with 262 comments<br />|   <a href="https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/180258/Prosecuted-For-Critical-Twittering?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email">https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/180258/Prosecuted-For-Critical-Twittering?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />[0]lee1  writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation is trying to [1]urge a<br />federal  court (PDF) to block what they claim is the unconstitutional use<br />of the  federal anti-stalking law to [2]prosecute a man for posting<br />criticism of a  public figure to Twitter. The law was originally targeted<br />against crossing  state lines for the purpose of stalking, but was<br />modified in 2005 to make the  'intentional infliction of emotional<br />distress' by the use of 'any interactive  computer service' a crime. The<br />prosecution's theory in this case is that  using Twitter to criticize a<br />public figure can be a criminal act if the  person's feelings are hurt."<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /> <a href="https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/180258/Prosecuted-For-Critical-Twittering?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/180258/Prosecuted-For-Critical-Twittering?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br /><br />Links:<br /> 0. <a href="http://lee-phillips.org/">http://lee-phillips.org/</a><br /> 1. <a href="https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/us_v_cassidy/eff_amicus_cassidy.pdf">https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/us_v_cassidy/eff_amicus_cassidy.pdf</a><br /> 2. <a href="https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2011/07/29">https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2011/07/29</a></p>