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Twitter Will Hand Over Data On the User Who Sent a Seizure-Inducing Tweet To a Journalist (theverge.com)
Last week, an unidentified Twitter user tweeted a seizure-inducing animation at Newsweek and Vanity Fair writer Kurt Eichenwald, who has epilepsy. Now, Eichenwald has taken the first step toward identifying the user. In response to a civil suit filed by Eichenwald this week in Dallas district court, Twitter has agreed to hand over all relevant subscriber data for the user in question. The attack came in apparent retaliation for Eichenwald's aggressive coverage of President-elect Trump. From a report on the Verge: While Eichenwald has yet to file criminal charges, the civil suit was sufficient for an ex parte order from the district judge. Twitter subsequently agreed to expedited relief, declining to challenge the order or demand further evidence from Eichenwald. The next step is likely to be a lawsuit against wireless carriers or service providers implicated by Twitter's records, who will have records linking IP addresses and other metadata to the attacker's legal name.
dont forget to inform his insurance agency he is using the internet and intentionally risking health issues
Isn't this protected by the bizarro 4th amendment?
I suppose, perhaps in the same sense that the stuff that comes out your butt is the same as "food," you could make the claim; but most people will give you Forest Whitaker eye when you try it.
They are all seizure disorders and yes, I am calling him a lying piece of shit. When you seize, your wife doesn't usually take the time to login to your twitter account and tweet about your seizure. The guy is a pathological liar. Google his name and all the webs of lies he's been caught into for years.
The media did none of those things w/ Obama, or even w/ Bill Clinton. So if they are bypassed by this administration, they won't be missed - except by the SJWs who need their safe spaces from where to hate Trump