'Prosecuting threatening speech just got a bit more difficult after last week’s Supreme Court ruling in Counterman v Colorado. As a media commentator and as a target of hostile comments, the ruling elicits mixed feelings.'
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser speaks to reporters at the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, 2022. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, to argue a case examining whether unsolicited and threatening social media messages can be prosecuted or are protected by the First Amendment. July 6, 2023 at 11:40 a.m.
Prosecuting threatening speech just got a bit more difficult after last week’s Supreme Court ruling in Counterman v Colorado. As a media commentator and as a target of hostile comments, the ruling elicits mixed feelings. The case concerned the stalking conviction of Billy Counterman. Nearly a decade ago he developed an obsession with Denver singer-songwriter Coles Whalen and over two years sent her hundreds of unwanted, unsolicited messages on Facebook. Every time she blocked his account, he opened a new one. Angry that Whalen did not respond to his advances, Counterman sent her angry messages like “You’re not being good for human relations. Die. Don’t need you” and “Staying in cyber life is going to kill you.
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