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endergen on Jan 28, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: One Week of Harassment on Twitter

It's illegal to make death threats offline. It should be online too.

danielweber on Jan 28, 2015 [–]

It is, but there's a bunch of legal doctrine to say what actually counts as a threat. Also, SCOTUS has a case before it now that will further refine the issue, specifically about online behavior.

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