Tweeps Triumph Against Pennsylvania Attorney General

[Ian David]

Tweeps Triumph Against Pennsylvania Attorney General

Last week, we told you about Pennsylvania Tom Corbett's demand for the identities of two Twitter users who criticized him in the run-up to last week's state primaries.

We're happy to report that free speech on Twitter has triumphed! Corbett dropped the grand jury subpoena on Friday.

Witold "Vic" Walczak , the ACLU of Pennsylvania's legal director, told Wired that the subpoenas were "{N}ot only an abuse of the grand jury process but a real affront to political speech rights."

Vic told WHTM : "We also hope that the people of Pennsylvania will now have learned that criticizing one's government officials is a valued constitutional right, that the right can be pursued anonymously"

More:
http://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech-technology-and-liberty/tweeps-triumph-against-pennsylvania-attorney-general




See prior thread:

Twitter Fights a Subpoena For Users’ Names
Posted by IanDB1 in General Discussion
Fri May 21st 2010, 08:08 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8382622