Twitter Hands Over Messages At Heart of Occupy Case

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 14, 2012 @06:26AM from the giving-up-the-ghost dept.

another random user sends this excerpt from a BBC report: "Legal pressure has forced Twitter to hand over messages sent by an Occupy Wall Street protester. Twitter spent months resisting the call to release the messages, saying to do so would undermine privacy laws. The Manhattan district attorney's office wanted the tweets to help its case against protester Malcolm Harris. It believes the messages undermine Mr. Harris' claim that New York police led protesters on to the Brooklyn Bridge to make it easier to arrest them. It claims the messages will show Mr. Harris was aware of police orders that he then disregarded."

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To handed over? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-14 06:34 · Score: -1, Troll

"Legal pressure has forced Twitter to handed over messages"
WTF?
durr by masternerdguy · 2012-09-14 06:34 · Score: -1, Troll

A US based company hands over documents what a shock!

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Re:Um, no. by Charliemopps · 2012-09-14 06:58 · Score: -1, Troll

What case? This never went to court. Twitter decided that now that the Occupy movement has blown over, it's cheaper to comply and frankly not very damaging to their public image because most people wont even notice. Twitter doesn't care about your rights.