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by eigenvector 4621 days ago
You can be jailed for a tweet pretty much anywhere if that tweet is a direct, credible threat of violence.
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In the UK you do jail time if it hurts someone's feelings.
The law responsible for that was recently overturned: http://reformsection5.org.uk/

In short, it is no longer illegal to use what a policeman or court might judge to be "insulting words or behaviour".