Anything you tweet may be used against you in a court of law.
A judge in New York ruled Monday that prosecutors don’t need to have a warrant to subpoena your Twitter account, since that information is made publicly available through a third-party service.
Occupy Wall Street protester Malcolm Harris was informed earlier this year by Twitter that his account had been subpoenaed. He attempted to block the subpoena, citing concerns such as the method by which the subpoena was delivered to Twitter—it was faxed to the company’s San Francisco office.
Harris is facing up to 15 days in prison for disorderly conduct. He was on the Brooklyn Bridge last fall, when a march took place. He pleaded not guilty to the charge.
"New York courts have yet to specifically address whether a criminal defendant has standing to quash a subpoena issued to a third-party online social networking service seeking to obtain the defendant’s user information and postings,” wrote Judge Matthew Sciarrino Jr. in his decision. “Nonetheless, an analogy may be drawn to the bank record cases where courts have consistently held that an individual has no right to challenge a subpoena issued against the third-party bank.”
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Source: mashable.com
By: The Daly Dot
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