First published at WLCentral.org
The official Wikileaks Twitter account has just tweeted the following official statement:
WARNING all 637,000 @wikileaks followers are a target of US gov subpoena against Twitter, under section 2. B http://is.gd/koZIA(Source)
Tweeters currently online are expressing vehement outrage at the prospect of relinquishing their right to deny the U.S. government access to their IP addresses, banking details, connection records, email addresses or other private information. Talk of a class action law suit is already under way and a #ClassActionWL thread has been initiated. In most cases, anonymous Tweets are not considered official sources, but it seems an exception must be made in the present case, given that users are the very parties involved.
Users unfollowing the Wikileaks Twitter account at this time will not be exempt from the order, which seems to apply to users having received Wikileaks tweets in the past:
Too late to unfollow; trick used is to demand the lists, dates and IPs of all who received our twitter messages. (Source)
Updates on any forthcoming press releases and public statements will be posted here.
MicheleMoore-Happy1
Many thanks for this excellent explanation of the scope of DOJ’s subpoena – I hope the media gets to see it and understand it.
Anyone who has even looked at the subpoenaed subject’s Twitter pages and Tweets are now caught in DOJ’s expansive net? Guess that means some Federal employees and members of the military could be worried.
This is an excellent example of the dangers of unrestricted DOJ access to user activities and why this information needs to be kept confidential.
MicheleMoore-Happy1
I’m being bounced by the WLCentral spam filer – can you help fix it? Tried to post this same comment there, why is this objectionable?
Was it because I put this link next to my name? http://www.reportingwrongdoing.com/help-a-whistleblower.html