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September 14, 2012 11:45 pm GMT
Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/xjjGP9JxZls/
Court: Tweets Gifted To The World, Twitter Hands Over Protesters Secret Info
After months of resistance, Twitter has succumb to legal pressure to hand over the protected tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protester to a New York court. Prosecutors in the case believe the private messages undermine protester Malcolm Harris's "not-guilty" defense that he and 700 other protesters were unknowingly lured onto the Brooklyn Bridge where they could be arrested for obstructing traffic. Even though Harris attempted to conceal the tweets, the court concluded that "If you post a tweet, just like if you scream it out the window, there is no reaosnable expectation of privacy. There is no proprietary interest in your tweets, which you have now gifted to the world.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/xjjGP9JxZls/
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