Twitter's Lawyers Seek To Block WikiLeaks Data Handover

Posted by Soulskill on Monday March 28, 2011 @07:09AM from the court-docs-limited-to-one-hundred-forty-characters dept.

jhernik writes "Lawyers on Friday asked a judge to overturn a ruling from earlier this month, forcing Twitter to hand over account details to the Department of Justice, in a case related to the federal government's ongoing investigation of WikiLeaks. The appeal (PDF) seeks to overturn a ruling that would give the government access to Twitter account details for three users who had contact with WikiLeaks. The government also wants Twitter to provide information on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and on Bradley Manning, a US Army private charged with providing data to WikiLeaks."

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someone standing up for their users? by v1 · 2011-03-28 07:14 · Score: 5, Insightful

instead of insta-caving to abuse of law? wow. never saw that coming, certainly not from Twitter.
Twitter respect: level UP

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Re:Retroactive wiretap by PopeRatzo · 2011-03-28 10:55 · Score: 4, Insightful

Let a trial sort out whether they actually did it, and an appeal sort out whether it was actually illegal.
But until they actually decide to have that whole "trial" thing, they get to torture Manning and harass Assange without bringing charges or showing any evidence of wrong-doing on anyone's part.

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