Two men are being held without bail after they allegedly made threats on Facebook promising violence against attendees of the Pokémon World Championships.
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Violent Facebook threats conviction thrown out by US Supreme Court
It’s not enough that ordinary people would find murderous rants threatening, the court said. Rather, courts have to consider frame of mind.
Is a Facebook death threat a true threat? Supreme Court to decide
The US Supreme Court will re-examine a case in where a man made death threats against his ex-wife on Facebook, giving us a federal decision on whether threats made online need to be made with real intent, or whether they just have to be taken seriously by a reasonable person who’s threatened.