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Zambian President Edgar Lungu waits to speak at the General Debate of the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on Sept. 25, 2018 in New York.Bryan R. Smith鈥擜FP/Getty ImagesBy Taonga Clifford Mitimingi / BloombergDecember 15, 2019 2:36 PM EST Bloomberg mdash; Zambiarsquo President Edgar Lungu said he wants the U.S. Ambassador to leave the country after the diplomat criticized the African nation for sentencing a gay couple to 15 years of imprisonment for having a consensual relationship.Read more: What Itrsquo Like to Be Out in AfricaWe have complained officially to the American government, and we are waiting for their response because we donrsquo;t want such people in our midst, Lungu said Sunday in comments broadcast on state-owned ZNBC TV. We want him gon stanley cup e.U.S. Ambassador Daniel Foote said last month that he was personally horrified after the high court sentenced the two men and called stanley cup on the government to reconsider laws that punish minority groups.More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doing in the Swing StatesHarris Battles For the Bro VoteOur Guide to Voting in the 2024 ElectionMel Robbins Will Make You Do ItWhy Vinegar Is So Good for YouYou Dont Have to Dread the End of Daylight SavingThe 20 Best Halloween TV Episodes of All TimeMeet TIMEs Newest Class of Next Generation LeadersContact us at letter stanley cup s@time Aqxg Amazon s Kindle Convert Can Turn Your Books Into E-Books
Till J yeezy acketmdash;Getty Images/Photononstop RMBy Jack LinshiNovember 25, 2014 3:03 PM ESTThe Supreme Court on Monday will consider whether violent language posted on social media is covered by the First Amendment protection of free speech.The case, Elonis v. United States, hinges around the question of whether a Facebook message can be considered a true threat, or a threat a reasonable person would determine to be real. That would be an impo adidas campus rtant distinction, because true threats don ;t get First nike dunk Amendment coverage. But it won ;t be an easy problem to solve: While it can be easy to call a threat true if it given verbally, making that call gets harder when threats are posted online, where they lack the context, tone and other indicators of intent present in verbal communication. It also arguably easier to make threats online, especially if it done anonymously.What happened A lower court had sentenced Pennsylvania man Anthony Elonis to about four years in federal prison over several Facebook posts threatening his estranged wife. The posts included, among other things, raps about slitting his wife throat and about how her protection order against him wouldn ;t be enough to stop a bullet.A sample:Therersquo one way to love you but a thousand ways to kill you. Irsquo;m not going to rest until your body is a mess, soaked in blood and dying from all the little cuts.But how is that no