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Twitter Sues U.S. over User's Anonymity

posted by Fnord666 on Friday April 07 2017, @09:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the unmasking dept.

butthurt writes:

Reuters reports that Twitter has sued to stop the U.S. government's effort to learn the identity of a Twitter user who has criticized that government's policies.

"The rights of free speech afforded Twitter's users and Twitter itself under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution include a right to disseminate such anonymous or pseudonymous political speech," Twitter said in the lawsuit.

further information:
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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08 2017, @05:02AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08 2017, @05:02AM (#490703)

    Oh fine fine.

    No, I'm @ALT_uscis!

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday April 08 2017, @05:46AM (3 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday April 08 2017, @05:46AM (#490714) Journal

    I just love it when an AC has the courage to step and do what has to be done! But that is only two of us, and one is, after all, anonymous. This is the original "security through obscurity" strategy, my dear Soylentils! We need enough Spartacuses to choke the NSA! (Wholey more crap, this is never going to work!) Ok, maybe only enough to stymie the Trump administration. We need at least one more Spartacus.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08 2017, @08:20AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08 2017, @08:20AM (#490768)

      We need at least one more Spartacus.

      This... is... SPARTAAA!!!

      • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday April 08 2017, @06:22PM

        by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday April 08 2017, @06:22PM (#490924) Journal

        Here we go, mixing Greek and Roman names , as well as classical pedagogy with Appalacian and Ozarkian "squeal like a pig" homosexual rapery. No wonder people think American education is broken.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08 2017, @03:13PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08 2017, @03:13PM (#490849)

      No, Mr. Prosecutor, I'm not Arseasstichus. But, I can point him out. See the little faggot over there? That's him.