Judge: Twitter Must Turn Over Occupy Wall Street Protester’s Tweets
Prosecutors say the messages could show whether Malcom Harris was aware of police orders he’s charged with disregarding
Monday, Jul 2, 2012
Twitter has been ordered to give a New York City judge almost three months’ worth of an Occupy Wall Street protester’s tweets despite the social-networking company’s efforts to fight prosecutors’ demand for the messages.
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino Jr. also ruled Monday that prosecutors would need a search warrant — not just a subpoena — to get the final day’s worth of tweets they seek from Malcolm Harris. That’s because of a time frame set by federal law.