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Twitter Fights US Court For WikiLeaks Details

Posted by samzenpus on from the we're-not-gonna-take-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Micro-blogging site Twitter is opposing an order from a US court to reveal the account details of supporters of WikiLeaks. Twitter has called on Facebook and Google to reveal whether they also received similar court orders. As part of the US government's investigation into WikiLeaks, a court ordered Twitter, in mid-December, to give details of accounts owned by supporters of the whistle-blower site. Twitter has protested against the subpoena and informed the individuals whose account information has been requested, while raising the possibility that other social networking players have received similar orders."

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  1. Re:Another salvo in the war by SimonTheSoundMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The only country at war over the cables will be the USA — and it will not over the leaked cables, but over how they have dealt with the whole matter. The US government are starting to embarrass themselves in front of an international crowd.

  2. "Opposing"? Where does it say that? by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 5, Insightful

    TFA says nothing about how Twitter is supposedly "opposing" the court order, other than "protesting" and asking for permission from the court to notify the affected parties.

    I see nothing in there to indicate that Twitter is forming any kind of legal opposition to the order. I, for one, would be happy to see that they had. Government overreach should be resisted every time.

    Yes, I believe this is "overreach", considering that nobody in the list except Bradley Manning has been accused of any crimes, and Manning himself hasn't even been charged.

  3. No, this IS the war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, it IS the war. It just isn't about militaries fighting it out on a battlefield; it is about governments and free citizens fighting over the rights of man.

    1. Re:No, this IS the war by ultranova · · Score: 5, Insightful

      No, it IS the war. It just isn't about militaries fighting it out on a battlefield; it is about governments and free citizens fighting over the rights of man.

      And while the "free citizens" are fighting the scarecrow, their corporate masters are tightening their fist one squeeze at the time.

      The true enemy sits in the boardroom; the lackey in the White House is simply not important.

      --

      Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.

  4. Re:So... by Seumas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How else are you supposed to silence dissenting voices, if you can't identify them?

  5. Re:Another salvo in the war by jcr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The US government are starting to embarrass themselves in front of an international crowd.

    Starting?

    The US government has been disgracing itself for decades.

    -jcr

    --
    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  6. Re:Another salvo in the war by hawguy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hey cold_fjord,

    Are you white? Born and raised in the USA? Is there no chance whatsoever that you're involved with this:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/09/giffords-shooting-political-violence-polarised

    Jared Loughner, the suspect in Saturday's shooting spree in Arizona, was not working alone. True, the rampage apparently emerged from his confused, unstable and troubled mind.

    Officials think he was not working alone - who knows, you could be that missing conspirator. Maybe just in case, you should be jailed and tortured until you admit to it. And even though they may find that he *was* working alone, better safe than sorry, right?

    I mean, why not? It's not like you're being a citizen should afford you any special rights. It's for the safety of our children, after all.