Twitter and Other Internet Censorship - teen arrested for "malicious tweet"

[C. Flower]

Man arrested for tweeting a joke has won his appeal.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/air...al-560840.html

[C. Flower]

The girl who was putting up Assange on his lecture visit seemed more of an infatuated political groupie than a cold character assassin.

Girls aren't always what they seem, KB.

[C. Flower]

A 17 year old arrested in Ireland today, according to RTE for "Malicious tweeting" of a remark to an Irish Olympic team member called Daly - the tweet said "your father must be ashamed of you."

Outrageous over-reaction by the Gardaí?

Also, Twitter deleted the account of a London journalist who had been critical of NBC's Olympic coverage.

NBC has a commercial partnership with Twitter at the Olympics.

[Ephilant]

A 17 year old arrested in Ireland today, according to RTE for "Malicious tweeting" of a remark to an Irish Olympic team member called Daly - the tweet said "your father must be ashamed of you."

Outrageous over-reaction by the Gardaí?

Also, Twitter deleted the account of a London journalist who had been critical of NBC's Olympic coverage.

NBC has a commercial partnership with Twitter at the Olympics.

Beeb says the athlete is British, called Daley, and a 17 year old was arrested in Weymouth?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19059127

[C. Flower]

Beeb says the athlete is British, called Daley, and a 17 year old was arrested in Weymouth?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19059127

ooops. Thanks for the corrections. I rushed to the assumption they were Irish, as it was an RTE report.

Cork Gardaí once turned the country upside down hunting for a teenage girl who had msmd a picture of her bottom via her mobile phone. "Oh the horror."

[DCon]

Rio Ferdinand's itchy tweet finger has landed him in trouble

In the aftermath of the trial, when Terry was acquitted of racially abusing Ferdinand’s brother Anton, the Manchester United defender responded to a Tweet that characterised Chelsea defender Ashley Cole, who was a defence witness in the trial, as a “choc-ice”.

The term is is commonly understood to mean “black on the outside, white on the inside”, and was a reference to Cole’s testimony in court, in which he said he never heard Terry make a racist remark to Ferdinand during the match in question at Loftus Road in October.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...321155980.html

[Dr. FIVE]

The younglad was an attention seeking little **** and there was a big campaign to get him banned yesterday.

[toxic avenger]

Next week the police will be hunting for someone who failed to 'like' their schoolfriend's Facebook status.. Morons...

[Ephilant]

The younglad was an attention seeking little **** and there was a big campaign to get him banned yesterday.

show a 17 year old who isn't an attention seeking little ****....
Taking that into account, there are limits of decency that even a 17 year old little **** should have no difficulty understanding.

[C. Flower]

The younglad was an attention seeking little **** and there was a big campaign to get him banned yesterday.

If all of those were banned from Twitter it would go a bit quiet.

Banned maybe, but arrested ?

[Ephilant]

If all of those were banned from Twitter it would go a bit quiet.

Banned maybe, but arrested ?

I think he's charged with disturbing the peace. A little far fetched, but a good kick where the sun don't shine, size 12 sideways, is not PC is it. In cases like this it could be very effective and very beneficial. Might just put the brain back up where it belongs...

[ZeroWedge]

A 17 year old arrested in Ireland today, according to RTE for "Malicious tweeting" of a remark to an Irish Olympic team member called Daly - the tweet said "your father must be ashamed of you."

The arrest is an outrageous attack on free speech by the police. There seems to be an agenda in the UK, to slowly move towards a China style regime on matters of free speech.

I would suggest that the teenager sue the police for false arrest (or "malicious" arrest). Brits need to stop this kind of police state crap before it becomes normalised.

[C. Flower]

The arrest is an outrageous attack on free speech by the police. There seems to be an agenda in the UK, to slowly move towards a China style regime on matters of free speech.

I would suggest that the teenager sue the police for false arrest (or "malicious" arrest). Brits need to stop this kind of police state crap before it becomes normalised.

I very much agree.