Stanford CIS

A British troll was just jailed for his tweets. Here’s why that will (probably!) never happen in the U.S.

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"“We have a much higher standard in the U.S. when it comes to what constitutes threatening speech,” Citron explained. And even if a Twitter threat or a frightening Facebook post clearly meets that standard, she said, “we rarely prosecute these crimes.”"

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