A Brief History of Twitter's Battle to Keep Occupy Protester's Data Private and Why It Matters

A Brief History of Twitter's Battle to Keep Occupy Protester's Data Private and Why It Matters

Twitter fought to keep the data private without a warrant, but was forced to hand it over

  • Web Blog
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • September 14th, 2012
Twitter Will Hand Over Occupy Protester Tweets as Ordered by Court

Twitter Will Hand Over Occupy Protester Tweets as Ordered by Court

Twitter fought to protect the tweets, but it is being forced to do so anyway

Court Orders Twitter to Hand Over "Occupy" Protester's Tweets

Court Orders Twitter to Hand Over "Occupy" Protester's Tweets

Arguing that those tweets were made public and so should be accessible to all

Twitter Stands Up to Court Order Against Occupy Wall St. Protester

Twitter Stands Up to Court Order Against Occupy Wall St. Protester

By fighting an order to provide tweets and other information