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cgod · 2000 days ago · link · · parent · post: What would the world look like if we took online threats seriously?
Getting a conviction for a "True Threat" can be pretty difficult. Most the threats people make on social media aren't going to stand up in court under the just shit talking exception. What constitutes a "True Threat" is a wicked rabbit hole filled with misinformation and internet lawyers. I follow a few different 1st amendment lawyers twitters and blogs. Most the time when people ask if this or that is a true threat the analysis is "no, it's probably just shit talk," much less often the answer is "maybe," a really tiny number of times the answer is "probably, I'd feel comfortable testing it." It's not all that different from slander, libel and defamation in that it can be tricky to get a conviction or decision.