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    Everything online journalists need to protect their legal rights. This free resource culls from all Reporters Committee resources and includes exclusive content on digital media law issues.

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    N.Y. court orders Twitter to turn over user information in criminal case

    Amanda Simmons | Privacy | News | July 3, 2012
    Amanda Simmons
    News
    July 3, 2012

    A New York criminal court ruled that prosecutors seeking information about a defendant’s Internet activity can subpoena third-party online service provider Twitter. The request is not a government intrusion under the Fourth Amendment, he held, but a federal law requires a search warrant for some recent information.