Jan 18
Twitter has to provide the U.S. Department of Justice with all account information for three users who allegedly support WikiLeaks, a federal judge ordered on Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady denied a motion to suspend previous orders that would allow the DOJ access to the Twitter account information of three people who are suspected of having ties to WikiLeaks.
The account information for Jacob Appelbaum, a computer security researcher, Birgitta Jonsdottir, a member of Iceland’s Parliament and Dutch activist Rop Gonggrijp will be used in the investigation into WikiLeaks and its leader, Julian Assange.
“We’re disappointed with the decision,” Aden Fine, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who represents Jonsdottir, told Mashable. “Before…constitutional rights are infringed, individuals need to have an opportunity to go to court to protect their rights.”