New York man accused of using Twitter to direct protesters
Found on Guardian on Monday, 05 October 2009
A New York-based anarchist has been arrested by the FBI and charged with hindering prosecution after he allegedly used the social networking site Twitter to help protesters at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh evade the police.
Twitter has rapidly established itself as an important tool in the armoury of protest groups and demonstrators. During the summit, the police openly monitored Twitter to listen in to the protesters' communications.
So spreading news is getting illegal? I wasn't aware that announcing where the police is violates law in some way.