Wikileaks' Julian Assange court appeal makes Twitter history

<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com////classifications/images/twitter%20logo-200-200.jpg"></div><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latesttecompu-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0470562269&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>The court appeal of Julian Assange in London has made history today as the first time ever tweeting has been allowed in a UK courtroom.<br> Usually no phones or recording are allowed in a courtroom but the judge presiding over the Wikileaks' head Julian Assange's court appeal has allowed journalists to use Twitter in court to keep an account of proceedings.<br> <br>

Wikileaks' Julian Assange court appeal makes Twitter history

The court appeal of Julian Assange in London has made history today as the first time ever tweeting has been allowed in a UK courtroom. Usu...

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Twitter Joke Trial appeal comes back with guilty verdict

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com///classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/twitter-fail-whale-200-200.jpg"/><p>Paul Chambers, the man <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/twitterer-fined-%C2%B1000-for-airport-bomb-joke-688371">who threatened</a> to blow up Robin Hood airport in Doncaster on Twitter as a joke, has been found guilty at his retrial.</p><p>The original trial was back in May, where the judge failed to see the funny side of the 'joke' tweet, which said: "Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week... otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!"</p><p>Chambers was initially told he had to pay a £1,000 fine and that he had been given a criminal record for his actions.</p><p>An appeal was granted and this lead to the recent retrial, which subsequently came back with the same verdict of 'guilty'.</p><p><strong>Guilty as charged</strong></p><p>The verdict has sparked off the <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23twitterjoketrial">#twitterjoketrial</a> hashtag on Twitter once more, with celebrity backers of Chambers appalled at the results.</p><p>These include <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/DaveGorman/status/2755292899049472">Dave Gorman</a>, who said: "I can't tell you what I'd like to do to the judge at the #TwitterJokeTrial for fear of it leading to another #TwitterJokeTrial. Awful news."</p><p>Meanwhile <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/stephenfry/status/2759551652728833">Stephen Fry</a> told Paul Chambers over Twitter: "My offer still stands. Whatever they fine you, I'll pay x"</p><p>After the original conviction, Chambers lost his financial manager's job; after this one he seems to have found celebrity.</p><img border="0" height="1" src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/9809/s/f8e54d9/mf.gif" width="1"/><div class='mf-related'><p>

Twitter Joke Trial appeal comes back with guilty verdict

Paul Chambers, the man who threatened to blow up Robin Hood airport in Doncaster on Twitter as a joke, has been found guilty at his retria...

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