The UK's High Court has overturned the case of a man whose exasperated Twitter joke left him criminalized under anti-terrorist laws, in a high-profile case that supporters say is a victory for free speech online.
Paul Chambers, 28, became the first person in the UK to be found guilty of a criminal offense for something written on Twitter back in 2010, when a court said a…
Court upholds Twitter joke trial appeal: Britain has a sense of humor after all.
It started with an innocuous tweet and turned into a legal saga that critics said threatened free speech online. But after two years and three appeals, Britain’s High Court has overturned the conviction of a man who joked about blowing up his local airport.
