“In an apparent first in Florida law, a state appeals court ruled Monday that posting threats on one’s personal Facebook page can be prosecuted under state law. The 1st District Court of Appeal decided in a criminal case that a Facebook post could be considered a ‘sending’ for the purposes of the ‘sending written threats to kill or do bodily harm’ law, a second-degree felony.”
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/florida-court-rules-threats-on-facebook-can-be-prosecuted-1.114372
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