Judge Issues Twitter Sentence

A Spanish judge overseeing a case based on bad Twitter behavior has issued a 21^st century sentence: The offending party must tweet his court sentence every day for 30 days. The case dates back to 2013, when consumer rights spokesman, Luis Pineda, began sending hundreds of defamatory tweets about a professional rival. The lawsuit alleged that Pineda spent two years using Twitter to accuse his rival of corruption, theft, and fiscal fraud. A Seville judge said Pineda used Twitter to publish “humiliating and insulting remarks,” and thus ruled that it should also serve as the medium for Pineda’s punishment. Pineda has said he will appeal the ruling, tweeting: “Celebrating a judicial victory with a sentence that can be appealed is like celebrating a wedding during the engagement,” said Pineda, who vowed he would “never” carry the sentence out.