A New York judge has ordered the social media site Twitter to hand over the account details and message history of an Occupy Wall Street protester. Twitter had been called on to provide prosecutors with tweets written by Malcolm Harris, a protester who was arrested with hundreds of others during the Occupy march across the Brooklyn Bridge on October 1. But Twitter had sought to avoid the order, saying it constitutes an undue burden and a violation of freedom of speech. In a statement, the American Civil Liberties Union criticized the ruling, saying: “Do individuals give up their ability to go to court to try to protect their free speech and privacy rights when they use the Internet? … The answer has to be no.”
Twitter Ordered to Provide Info of Occupy Protester
HeadlineJul 03, 2012