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Occupy protester to face trial over subpoenaed tweets

Malcolm Harris, who has been in a battle with prosecutors over the privacy of his tweets, has plea deal withdrawn by judge An Occupy Wall Street protester who has been fighting with prosecutors to keep some of his tweets private looks likely to face trail next week after a judge…

Twitter hands over Occupy protester messages to prosecutors

Twitter has relented in its fight with New York prosecutors to hand over three months worth of messages from an Occupy Wall Street protester ahead of the activist’s criminal trial. Twitter had argued that the posts belong to Malcolm Harris and as such it would be violating fourth amendment privacy…

Twitter appeals court on Occupy protestor’s disorderly conduct charge

Twitter has lodged an appeal against a New York judge’s decision that it must hand over detailed information related to an Occupy Wall Street protester charged with disorderly conduct. In July, Twitter was ordered to hand over almost three months’ worth of messages and other details related to the account of activist Malcolm Harris. Harris was…

Twitter appeals order to hand over Occupy protester data

NEW YORK — Twitter said Thursday it was appealing a court ruling ordering it to turn over data on one of its users involved in the Occupy Wall Street protest movement. In a case watched closely as a test of online freedom of speech, Twitter’s attorney Benjamin Lee said in…

Court orders Twitter to hand over Occupy protester’s tweets

NEW YORK — A New York judge Monday ordered Twitter to turn over data on one of its users involved in the Occupy Wall Street protest movement, in a case watched closely as a test of online freedom of speech. Manhattan criminal court Judge Matthew Sciarrino ruled that law enforcement…

Twitter challenges subpoena seeking user data

NEW YORK — Twitter is challenging a court order to turn over to law enforcement data on one of its users involved in Occupy Wall Street in a case described by a civil liberties group as a major test of online freedom of speech. The motion filed Monday in a…