Technology Spotlight 7/26/11 "True Threats"
Published July 26th, 2011
When a jury found Casey Anthony not guilty of killing her little girl early this month, it launched a frenzy of protests. People were angry.
Many of the most poisonous online comments about Casey Anthony included threats.
What are the limits to the threats that can be made online?
There is a legal "True Threat" standard.
In the Technology Spotlight, Clay Calvert of the Brechner First Amendment Project at U.F. explains to TV 20's David Snyder what the legal standard is for determining what can or can not be posted online.
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