Looking online at the Media Guardian my interest went to one article about Twitter argues fourth amendment defense over judge's occupy order. Twitter was ordered to hand over three months worth of messages and other details related to the account of activist Malcolm Harris, who took part in a protest on Brooklyn bridge last October with hundreds of other people, who were all accused of disorderly conduct. When Twitter did not hand over all off Malcolm's messages and other details they argued that all the posts belonged to Harris, and ''it would be violating his fourth amendment right against unreasonable searches if it were to disclose the communications without first receiving a search warrant''.
This caught my interest because Twitter would not usually be associated with court orders. It also shows how far the modern world has come, the fact that courts are using social networking information as evidence.
Twitter Argues Fourth Amendment
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