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Controversial South African threatens to shut Twitter

By Kathleen Kalk on November 4, 2010 | Tagged with , , ,

Phweeter: an imposter tweeter Julius Malema, the controversial youth leader of South Africa’s governing ANC (and recent hate speech convict), is battling a new front to salvage his reputation – this time against Twitter. The divisive politicien has threatened to shut Twitter down if it does not address the not one, not two, but 12 phweeters tweeting in […]

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Malicious troller convicted

By Kathleen Kalk on November 4, 2010 | Tagged with , ,

Facebook vandal, Colm Coss, 38, was recently sentenced to 18 months in prison in the UK for posting abusive comments on commemorative webpages. The BBC reports that his comments were prosecuted according to a legal interpretation known as “malicious communications.” Read the story here. Anyone who posts perverse comments is bound to end up with a […]

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