$ 1,500 tweet

    Surely in the vastness of the fatherland there will not be a person who faithfully believes in freedom of speech and expression. That is, I’m not trying to provoke anyone, just that same “realism” is peculiar to us much more than to representatives of Western countries.

    So Paul Chambers, according to The Register , probably did not think about the consequences when he tweeted this phrase: “Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high! ”(Free translation: Shit! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You have a little more than a week to clean up your viper otherwise I’ll blow up the fucking airport). It would seem nothing special.

    It seemed. Until the moment the court found the unlucky Englishman guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $ 1,500. Judge Jonathan Bennett described the phrase with a maximum length of 140 characters as "formidable in the context of the time in which we live." The Telegraph of England writes that “District Judge Bennett found the accused guilty of electronically transmitting a message that was abusive / obscene / threatening and contrary to the 2003 Communications Act.”

    Oddly enough, Chambers' misadventures did not end there. He is not only obliged to pay a fine, but also lost his job in connection with a criminal record and is considering filing an appeal, even though it is unlikely to change the current state of affairs, because no country in the world protects a person who has suffered as a result of his own intention to inflict damage. Let it be fictional.

    via RWW

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