On Monday, a New York judge made a ruling that warrants were not needed to subpoena a Twitter account since the information is shared publicly through a third-party service. Occupy Wall Street protestor Malcolm Harris found out about his account being subpoenaed from Twitter. In response to the move, he tried to stave off the subpoena by claiming the unorthodox way in which it was delivered; via fax to the company's San Francisco HQ. The case in question is for an Occupy Wall Street mass protest held last year on the Brooklyn Bridge and if found guilty, Harris would be facing up to 15 days in prison; he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Ubergizmo, Judge Rules that Tweets are Permissible in Court
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