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Re:In UK, Twitter, Facebook rants land some in jail by shadyabhi on Sunday November 25, 2012 @12:54AM (#4827444)
Something similar in India: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-22353...
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Re:In UK, Twitter, Facebook rants land some in jail by aufreak3 on Sunday November 25, 2012 @03:15AM (#4827639)
At least in this case, a former Supreme Court judge thinks the arrests not only violate constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech, but are "criminal" to boot ... and he's not arrested for posting his criticism on his blog.

http://justicekatju.blogspot.in/2012/11/a-letter-to-maharash...

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Re:In UK, Twitter, Facebook rants land some in jail by darwinGod on Sunday November 25, 2012 @02:03AM (#4827536)
One of them got arrested for the unpardonable offense of "liking" the post of the other.
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