Despite pending appeals, on Friday Twitter handed over an Occupy Wall Street protester’s tweets to a New York criminal court judge. The capitulation comes after months of attempts by the social networking company to fight a subpoena from prosecutors by claiming that micro-blog posts were private conversations. The case involves protester Malcolm Harris, who was one of hundreds arrested during a mass protest on the Brooklyn Bridge last October. The Manhattan district attorney’s office sought to obtain the tweets, which are no longer available online.
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Twitter Fought the Law and the Law Won
Posted by: Peter Suciu September 14, 2012 03:44 PMDespite pending appeals, on Friday Twitter handed over an Occupy Wall Street protester’s tweets to a New York criminal court judge. The capitulation comes after months of attempts by the social networking company to fight a subpoena from prosecutors by claiming that micro-blog posts were private conversations. The case involves protester Malcolm Harris, who was one of hundreds arrested during a mass protest on the Brooklyn Bridge last October. The Manhattan district attorney’s office sought to obtain the tweets, which are no longer available online.