From the Independant:
Twitter joke led to Terror Act arrest and airport life ban
When heavy snowfall threatened to scupper Paul Chambers's travel plans, he decided to vent his frustrations on Twitter by tapping out a comment to amuse his friends. "Robin Hood airport is closed," he wrote. "You've got a week and a bit to get your **** together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!!"
Unfortunately for Mr Chambers, the police didn't see the funny side. A week after posting the message on the social networking site, he was arrested under the Terrorism Act and questioned for almost seven hours by detectives who interpreted his post as a security threat. After he was released on bail, he was suspended from work pending an internal investigation, and has, he says, been banned from the Doncaster airport for life
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Twitter joke led to Terror Act arrest and airport life ban - Home News, UK - The Independent
Much as im for free speech, you have got to admit for someone to say such a thing in our current security fragile state, this wasn Clive
will confess to not actually doing anything yet with my twitter account, but this is scary stuff. George Orwell anyone  Paula
The way you communicate with others is very important because that's the beginning of relationships building. Not wishing to be blunt about it, but in Mr. Chambers case, he is now paying the heavy price for his outburst. Maybe it was a knee jerk reaction! or maybe stress got the better of him. But, if you do not know how to speak, you should remain silent. 
“But, if you do not know how to speak, you should remain silent. ”true, but isn't a little worrying when an online conversation is taken out of context, then used as a means to engage security services. His previous posts were moaning about the weather, which when added together, made his outburst, although childish and ill thought out, an awful lot less sinister. How many times have we sent a quick email and it has been misconstrued, or taken out of context. As Paula says, George Orwell or maybe a bit of lazy police work? But welcome aboard Rotate! Why not do a post in the introductions and tell us about yourself! 
“true, but isn't a little worrying when an online conversation is taken out of context, then used as a means to engage security services. His previous posts were moaning about the weather, which when added together, made his outburst, although childish and ill thought out, an awful lot less sinister. How many times have we sent a quick email and it has been misconstrued, or taken out of context. As Paula says, George Orwell or maybe a bit of lazy police work? But welcome aboard Rotate! Why not do a post in the introductions and tell us about yourself! ”It does sound like rough justice when a conversation is taken out of context. I am sure he regrets it now, but if nothing else it's a lesson to us all, big brother is watching and listening... |
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