Supreme Court Deciding When Facebook Threats Become Criminal

Threats on Facebook become criminal when Mark Zuckerberg says they do and not a moment sooner.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will decide whether posting violent fantasies on your own Facebook wall can count as a criminal threat to others. Today, the court said that it would take on Anthony Elonis v. United States, a controversial ruling that landed a bitter would-be rapper in jail for over three years.

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