Twitter Told to Produce Protestor’s (OWS) Posts or Face Fine

[Purveyor]

Source: Bloomberg

Twitter Inc. has to turn over information about an Occupy Wall Street protester’s posts or face a fine, a judge ruled, giving the company three days to show it isn’t in contempt of court.

New York State Supreme Court Judge Matthew A. Sciarrino Jr. in Manhattan today said Twitter must produce the information by Sept. 14 or provide its earnings statements from the last two quarters so he can decide on a fine.

The judge had asked Twitter to show why it wasn’t in contempt of court after refusing to produce information about tweets by protester Malcolm Harris in response to a subpoena from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.

“I can’t put Twitter or the little blue bird in jail, so the only way to punish is monetarily,” Sciarrino said.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-11/twitter-told-to-produce-protestor-s-posts-or-face-fine.html

[SoapBox]

1. Hey Repukes...what's that about too much overreaching government?

...creepy.

[limpyhobbler]

2. total information awareness will make legal questions like this a thing of the past.

The government will already have the info logged and stored in their big ass data center. They won't need to ask Twitter or any other service provider for info.

[LanternWaste]

4. For a leaderless organization that hasn't accomplished anything...

For a leaderless organization that hasn't accomplished anything (as we're so often told), the powers-that-be certainly do want to see a lot of OWS's internals...