Facebook Misuse Lands UK Rioter in Jail

Thursday, 17 November 2011, 22:39 IST   |    1 Comments
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LONDON: A British court sent a stern warning to thugs using social media to incite riots by sentencing a man to four years in jail after he admitted to inciting public disorder on Facebook during riots in England on August 9 this year. Jamie Counsel, 25, set up a page called Bring the Riots to Cardiff, later changed to Bring the Riots to Swansea. The sentence should be a warning that anyone using modern media to incite riots would face stiff punishment, said the judge at Cardiff Crown Court.
Source: PTI