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US High Court to decide if online death threats should be classed as free speech

on Nov 30, 2014 | 0 comments

By Jessica Davies

The US Supreme Court is set to decide whether death threats posted on social networks such as Facebook should be liable to prosecution or whether they should be protected by constitutional rights to free speech.

The decision, due to be made this coming week, will reportedly involve the High Court determining whether or not police need proof of whether a person who has posted a death threat actually intends to carry it out.

The move follows a string of cases over the last year in which people have made serious death threats on social networks, some of which have led Read full story ›

Source: The Drum