An extreme opinion sometimes leads to an offensive tweet, which could these days land you in jail. That's increasingly the situation in Great Britain where social media users have to watch what they post online. Abusive comments have led to arrests across the country and activists worry the law is becoming too zealous about hunting down tweeting trolls. RT's Sara Firth investigates ..

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