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SCOTUS To Tackle Threatening Speech On Facebook

November 25, 2014

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The Supreme Court next week will take up a case concerning threatening language on Facebook, an issue that has split lower courts. The case concerns a Pennsylvania man convicted of threatening his estranged wife in a series of Facebook posts. Free speech advocates worry a ruling against the man could limit freedom of expression on social media. The man’s lawyer likened the posts – which included threats to smother and rape – to violent rap lyrics by Eminem. The Court will seek to address whether a “reasonable person” would perceive the post as a speech.

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