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Corthell on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:39:54 PM
Man in Guatemala arrested for Twitter messages
A man in Guatemala, Jean Anleu, has become one of the first people in the world to be arrested for using Twitter.
Mr Anleu was so tired with corruption in his country that he decided to vent his feeling with a 96-character message on the social-networking site.
The message, or tweet, has now earned him a potential five-year prison sentence.
These words illegally undermined public trust in Guatemala's banking system, according to prosecutor Genaro Pacheco.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/twitter/5698527/Man-in-Guatemala-arrested-for-Twitter-messages.html