Guatemala police arrest Twitter user for 'inciting financial panic'

Source: The Guardian

Police in Guatemala have arrested a Twitter user and confiscated his computer for "inciting financial panic" after he urged people to remove funds from a state-owned bank.

Jean Anleu Fernandez, 37, was handcuffed, fingerprinted and jailed for posting the 96-character message on the micro-blogging site earlier this week. It is thought to be the first such case in central America.

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The detention prompted a backlash from the Twitter community. Anleu's message has been re-sent by other Twitters and funds are being collected to pay the fine.

The case underlined the government's nervousness in the wake of last Sunday's murder of a lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano. Before being gunned down he recorded a video testament saying his death would be at the behest of President Alvaro Colom.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/15/guatemala-twitter-jean-anleu-fernandez

I thought the correct plural was "twits"