Monday 31 March 2014

Twitter, evidence, privacy and social media

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A case of Twitter and the court.

'A recent case, albeit one dealing with a governmental subpoena, shows that the SCA may not be the panacea that social networking sites think it is. In People v. Harris, Twitter sought to quash a subpoena it had received to produce all user information and tweets from a criminal defendant’s Twitter account. The court disagreed with Twitter that the subpoena violated the SCA. The court noted that the SCA protects only private communications and that the government can still compel a provider to disclose certain types of information if it obtains a search warrant or court order as prescribed by the statute. As a result, it ordered that certain information be disclosed over Twitter’s objections.'

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  1. Harris, Twitter sought to quash a subpoena it had received to produce all user information and tweets from a criminal defendant’s Twitter accounthow to get more instagram followers and likes

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