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UK: Twitter joke led to Terror Act arrest

Written byPaula Góes

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Posted 18 January 2010 16:59 GMT

Sharpe's Opinion reacts sarcastically to the news of the first arrest in the United Kingdom over a Twitter joke:  “Round of applause of the police there. Keeping us safe from those dangerous terrorists who go round advertising their intentions on public social networking websites.”

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