Why A Fight Over an Occupy Wall Street Protester’s Tweets Matters to Your Privacy
In the age of Twitter, how much control do you have over your own words? Authorities are trying to use an Occupy protester's tweets against him in court, but Twitter's fighting back in a case that raises big questions about online privacy.
Why A Fight Over an Occupy Wall Street Protester’s Tweets Matters to Your Privacy
Gawker
In the age of Twitter, how much control do you have over your own words? Authorities are trying to use an Occupy protester's tweets against him in court, but Twitter's fighting back in a case that raises big questions about online privacy.
Today, Twitter asked a judge to quash a subpoena requesting three months of public tweets and account information belonging to Occupy Wall Street protester Malcolm Harris. The 23-year-old was charged with disorderly conduct last December, when he, along with more than 700 other Occupy Wall Street protesters, blocked the Brooklyn Bridge during a march. (You'll also remember Harris as the guy who spread false rumors that Radiohead was playing down at Zuccotti Park.) In February, the Manhattan District Attorney's office faxed the subpoena to Twitter HQ. Prosecutors have said they want Harris' old tweets to counter his "anticipated defense"—that he had been led onto the bridge by NYPD officers.
