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Appeals court says swearing in text messages isn't a crime [Telecom]
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John Mayson
Oct 29, 2009, 5:21:21 PM10/29/09
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"A 16-year-old California boy dumped by his high school girlfriend
didn't violate a state obscenity law by using four-letter words in
anguished text messages to his ex, an appellate court ruled this week.
didn't violate a state obscenity law by using four-letter words in
anguished text messages to his ex, an appellate court ruled this week.
The boy, identified by his initials in the ruling, was convicted by a
juvenile court judge in Chico, California, of sending threatening or
obscene telephone communications, based on two profanity-laced text
messages he sent the girl shortly after the breakup last year."
More at http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/text/
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John Mayson <jo...@mayson.us>
Austin, Texas, USA
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