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Tweeters Risk the Law by Retweeting Same Message That Found a Man Guilty

By Kat Hannaford Published November 12, 2010, 7:30 am ET

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Following Paul Chambers’ guilty verdict yesterday over a joke tweet where he “threatened” to blow up a British airport, tweeters have rallied together, tweeting the offending message with the hashtag #IAmSpartacus. Will the police arrest them all? [Twitter via TechRadar]

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