Thursday, September 20, 2012

Twitter ruling: full statement from Director of Public Prosecutions

(a) However misguided, Mr Thomas intended the message to be humorous.

(b) However naive, Mr Thomas did not intend the message to go beyond his followers, who were mainly friends and family.

(c) Mr Thomas took reasonably swift action to remove the message.

(d) Mr Thomas has expressed remorse and was, for a period, suspended by his football club.

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Twitter troll footballer will not face charges for Tom Daley abuse (The Sun)

DPP to issue guidelines on prosecutions over Facebook and Twitter abuse (The Guardian)

Twitter trolls: CPS to rethink rules on social media abuse (The Week UK)

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