[Ads-l] Post on Facebook, go directly to jail

[Baron, Dennis E]

There’s a new post on the Web of Language: Post on Facebook, go directly to jail

Can a Facebook post land you in jail? When is a threat a threat, and when is it just good, clean fun, or even art? If you write a song about killing your spouse, but you haven’t killed them, at least not yet, will the First Amendment protect you from prosecution? These are some of the questions that the U.S. Supreme Court considers as it decides the case of Elonis v. United States.

Read the full post on the Web of Language:

http://bit.ly/1w3PyKA



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