Icelandic MP To Challenge US Court Ruling On Twitter Privacy

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 12, 2011 @03:33AM from the ain't-over-'till-it's-over dept.

JabrTheHut writes "The Guardian has a story of how Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir, a former WikiLeaks volunteer, is challenging the U.S.'s acquisition of Twitter account information, IP addresses, mailing addresses and even bank information. The U.S. says it wanted these details to help with its investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Jonsdottir said, 'This is a huge blow for everybody that uses social media. We have to have the same civil rights online as we have offline. Imagine if the U.S. authorities wanted to do a house search at my home, go through my private papers. There would be a hell of a fight. It's absolutely unacceptable.'"

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Good luck with that by hedwards · 2011-11-12 03:36 · Score: 5, Insightful

Twitter is based in the US and has servers here. Ultimately they will have to comply with US law whether or not that's good for anybody.
1. Re:Good luck with that by saleenS281 · 2011-11-12 04:49 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Right, and she's arguing that her online account should be subject to US search and seizure laws. The Government completely bypassed their own rules, claiming because it's online they can ignore your right to privacy, and the need to get a warrant to obtain the information.