Court Rules in Favor of Tweet Author
A Guatemalan appeals court found insufficient evidence to warrant putting a man on trial for a tweet that led to his arrest on charges of inciting financial panic. The prosecutor still has the option of appealing this decision.
Jean Anleu was arrested and charged in May after sending a 96-character tweet that urged depositors to withdraw funds from a bank involved in a political-murder scandal. The message earned him the unfortunate distinction of becoming one of the first people in the world to be arrested for a tweet.
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