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Nbc's pete williams is outside the supreme court. what can you tell us about this case? >> this involves a man who started posting things on facebook after his wife let him and took the children. let me give an example of one of the internet postings he put up, in which he talks about ways he could kill her. he says he could stuff her body in a trunk. he says he could stab her, he could bury her. that's the kind of thing that the supreme court is dealing with. he was convicted. the judge said is whether the test is whether a reasonable person seeing those threats would have considered them thr...

>> pete, i mean, there's existing case law about things like making terrorist threats and threatening people. does the internet add a special element? there are songs that are extremely violent where people name specific names. what makes the internet different. >> reporter: yes, undoubtedly the internet is the main character, in spite of the individuals involved in this case. because on the one hand, the lawyer for mr. alona said, you've got teenagers who were arrested after they caesar castic things in game rooms how they would shoot up a school. there has to be a reasonable standard applied...

Spoof space balls. in other threads, some on twitter, people registered mere racist shock. but few corners of the internet turned to the internal logic of the star wars universe to appeal the presence of a black storm trooper. didn't the prequels reveal all storm troopers were white clones? now, y'all know the star wars universe isn't real, right? he had his own thoughts on the matter which he posted on his instagram. first thanking the majority and adding, to whom it may concern, get used to it, smiley face. meanwhile, other social media galaxies far, far away super fans of the star wars fran...

About how social media is playing a role in organizing these protests. we go live to the scene. mohamed, good morning to you. you were tasked this morning with keeping an eye on the updates from social immediate area on twitter, on facebook coming out of egypt. it was striking to talk to you this morning. there's not a whole lot you can report and there's a reason for that. >> reporter: that's right. social media has played such an integral role in getting protesters out into the street and demonstrating in egypt in the last several days. in the last several hours the internet has been shut do...