Could You Be Arrested For NOT Using Twitter?

Still not using social media like Facebook and Twitter? Turns out not doing so could be a crime.

     In late November, police arrested James A. Roppo, senior vice president of Island Def Jam Records. His crime? Not sending a “tweet.” Roppo was representing one of his teenage recording artist clients who was scheduled to do an album signing at a local mall.

     When the crowd of 3,000 hysterical teeny-bopper fans got out of control, police asked Roppo to send a “tweet” telling the crowd that the signing was cancelled.

     Since most of the fans see these tweets right on their cell phones, police felt it was the safest (and quickest) way to communicate to the audience and get everyone to calm down. But when Roppo refused to communicate to the crowd by using Twitter, police arrested him for “reckless behavior”.