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Twitter Rejects Prosecutors' Subpoena For a User's Data Without Warrant

Sparrowvsrevolution writes "In defense of user privacy, Twitter filed a motion (PDF) yesterday in a New York state court asking a judge to block a subpoena that would force the company to turn over the data of one of its users, Malcolm Harris. Harris was arrested in an Occupy Wall Street protest on the Brooklyn Bridge in October for 'disorderly conduct.' The company's lawyers claim that the subpoena violates the fourth amendment and Twitter's terms of service, which says that users' tweets belong to them and thus can't be handed over to law enforcement without their consent."

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  1. Re:Sounds nice by __aaltlg1547 · · Score: 1, Troll

    You're naive if you think the OWS protesters do not have FBI files. Shit, the FBI has files on a HUGE portion of the population. Most just don't even know it.

    Sure they do. The FBI has nothing to do all day long but assemble files on people who are not suspected of nything.

  2. Re:Sounds nice by Beelzebud · · Score: 0, Troll

    Booth was a patriot to the confederacy. That's why Americans refer to him as a terrorist. I'm not a Confederate. The "rationale" is bullshit.