High Court To Decide ‘True Threats’ Test In Facebook Stalking Conviction Suit

Mealey's (January 17, 2023, 11:25 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Jan. 13 miscellaneous order, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to address whether a subjective or objective test should be used in determining whether speech constitutes a “true threat” that makes it unprotected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting a petition for certiorari by a man convicted of stalking a musician via threatening Facebook messages....