Comment by rollo_tommasi

It's worth noting that in the United Kingdom, you can already be fined or jailed for tweeting. Neither of these would be criminally actionable offenses in the US, and the first one especially would be clearly protected political speech:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-19883828

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/mar/27/student-jailed-fab...