Could spreading false information on Twitter get you prosecuted?
During Superstorm Sandy, Twitter user @ComfortablySmug spread misinformation by tweeting that, among other things, the New York Stock Exchange “is flooded under more than 3 feet of water” and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “is trapped in Manhattan. Has been taken to a secure shelter.”
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