Twitter Bomb Threat "Joke" Lands British Lad In Prison

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18 January, 2010

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It sets a legal precedent and as some have mentioned, it might be a sign of a world going mad. Could it be that the Echelon project, the secretive surveillance solution set up by the US government, went berserk when it caught wind of the words airport and bomb?

(Telegraph)

Man held after 'bomb threat' Tweet

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Twitter twit arrested over airport bomb joke

(Tech Watch)

Snow joke as man is held over airport bomb tweet

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