Monday, September 5, 2011

"Twitter Terrorists" Or Bad Jokesters


I read an article about two individuals (a school teacher and a radio presenter) who tweeted a false story about gunmen shooting up a school shooting and kidnapping kids in Veracruz, Mexico. The story according to the article cause all kinds of hell to break loose; emergency phone lines where jammed and 26 car accidents occurred as parents tried to get to the school to get their kids. All of this led to the teach and radio presenter's arrest under terrorism laws, and they could face up to 30 years in prison. 

Read more here!

The question is do you think this is really terrorism, or just a bad joke done in poor taste?


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