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> He suggested one of the chat's other members could have warned the police, but if that were the case, that other member would have to be charged, not Verma T
by goda90 3y ago
> He suggested one of the chat's other members could have warned the police, but if that were the case, that other member would have to be charged, not Verma
This doesn't make sense to me. Why would that other member be charged for reporting a threat?
- timmb 3y agoBecause they would have obviously known it was their friend making a joke.
- lolyyy2 3y agoI don't think they could have known for sure it was a joke.
- cal85 3y agoThe judge’s point is that if they want to sue anyone for misleading them, it should be whoever sent them the message. He’s not saying they would necessarily win that hypothetical case.
- chatmasta 3y agoSo why shouldn't Snapchat (who presumably reported it to the government) be charged for the same offense of reporting a non-threat? I'm not suggesting they should be, but just following the same logic as your comment.
- cypherpunks01 3y agoI thought they might have been talking about reporting a false threat, or something of that nature? If you are a comedian working on a joke and write one about a political assassination in your private journal, certainly you can't be charged with communicating a threat, because you did not communicate it. But if a friend/enemy finds your notebook, knows you have no intent to harm, but reports the journal to authorities out of spite anyways, then the friend could be culpable for communicating a false threat, even though the joke is in your handwriting. Maybe they were getting at something like that? In any case, it was very awkward wording at best for a report from Reuters, it should have been either explained or left out.