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Civil Liberties

Twitter Surrenders Occupy Protester's Info

The company was arm-twisted into submission by the judge in the case

Reason Staff | 9.14.2012 6:52 PM

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Twitter caved to a court order and handed over the tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protester rather than face a stiff fine.

Twitter reportedly surrendered to Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino tweets sent out last year by protester Malcolm Harris. Twitter had long resisted a prosecution subpoena demanding the data.

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