Denver7: The Colorado Supreme Court is currently considering a case that could have widespread implications for free speech in the social media age.

The case stems back to an incident between two students from two different states communicating with each other via Twitter in the wake of the Arapahoe High School shooting in 2013.

The Twitter communications became increasingly more aggressive until one student started making threats to the other, writing things like, “Let me catch you away from school you is a dead man.” And, “Trust me I’m not afraid to shoot.”

The tweets led to an arrest and the student, only identified as “RD,” was convicted of harassment. That verdict, however, was overturned by the Colorado Court of Appeals after RD’s defense team argued the tweets were not a real threat and should be protected by free speech laws.

The case is now in the hands of the Colorado Supreme Court.

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