Twittering Protesters Wind Up In Court
source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/06/G20.tweeters/index.html?iref=werecommend
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The attorney for one of two men arrested during last month's G-20 summit for sending Twitter messages to help protesters argues that they were merely passing along public information.
The two were relaying to protesters "what routes they might take, where police have said don't go, and things of that nature," said attorney Martin R. Stolar.
Noting that police had made the information available on the Internet, Stolar said, "I don't see any way that you can criminalize passing on information that the police have put out publicly."
They were charged with hindering apprehension, criminal use of a communication facility and possessing criminal instruments. Both have been released on bail.
If the case against the two men goes to trial, said CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, "it could form a test of whether new communications technologies are instruments of free speech -- or of illegality."
The two were relaying to protesters "what routes they might take, where police have said don't go, and things of that nature," said attorney Martin R. Stolar.
Noting that police had made the information available on the Internet, Stolar said, "I don't see any way that you can criminalize passing on information that the police have put out publicly."
They were charged with hindering apprehension, criminal use of a communication facility and possessing criminal instruments. Both have been released on bail.
If the case against the two men goes to trial, said CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, "it could form a test of whether new communications technologies are instruments of free speech -- or of illegality."
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- Community, Tech, Civil Disobedience
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- Twitter, Protests, G-20 Summit
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