Judgment reserved in Twitter airport threat appeal

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Judgment reserved in Twitter airport threat appeal

High court judges consider whether Paul Chambers’ tweet about blowing up Robin Hood airport was a joke or a real threatTwo senior judges have retired to consider whether a Twitter message threatening to blow up a snowbound Doncaster airport was a joke or a menace to society. In a landmark high court appeal, Sir Peter Gross and Mr Justice Irwin heard it would take “a halfwit” to treat as a real threat the tweet posted by Paul Chambers in January 2010.