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September 17, 2012

Twitter Hands Over Account Info of Occupy Protester 
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The social media site Twitter has handed over the account details and
message history of an Occupy Wall Street protester after a lengthy court
dispute. Twitter had been ordered to provide tweets written by Malcolm
Harris, a protester who was arrested with hundreds of others during the
Occupy march across the Brooklyn Bridge on October 1. Prosecutors say
they subpoenaed the records to help refute protesters claims that police
lead them off the bridge's pedestrian walkway. Twitter had sought to
avoid the order, saying it constitutes an undue burden and a violation
of freedom of speech.

 

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