Court To Twitter: No Time For Appeal, Hand Over Info Or You're In Contempt

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by Mike Masnick

We've been covering the legal fight concerning the government's desire to access Tweets and other information related to Malcolm Harris, an Occupy Wall Street protestor who was arrested. Twitter had jumped into the case to argue that users have standing to protect their own information, which the court denied. Twitter then said it would appeal, but it appears that NY State Supreme Court Judge Matthew A. Sciarrino Jr. doesn't care, claiming that its failure to hand over the info may put it in contempt of court:

The judge had asked Twitter to show why it wasn?t in contempt of court after refusing to produce information about Twitter posts by protester Malcolm Harris in response to a subpoena from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.

?I can?t put Twitter or the little blue bird in jail, so the only way to punish is monetarily,? Sciarrino said.

Twitter and Harris's lawyers point out that this seems to completely ignore Twitter's right to appeal the ruling. Sciarrino again doesn't seem to think this is an issue, insisting that his original ruling was "fair" and Twitter has had more than enough time to comply with the order. Harris' lawyer notes that this appears to be an attempt at railroading, preventing due process from happening:

?It?s pretty outrageous that the D.A.?s office wants to prohibit Twitter from exercising its right to appeal,? said Martin Stolar, a lawyer with the National Lawyers Guild who represents Harris, after the hearing.

Unfortunately, that seems to be how things work these days...

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British tourists arrested in America on terror charges over Twitter jokes

By RICHARD HARTLEY-PARKINSON

Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to 'destroy America' and 'dig up Marilyn Monroe'.

Leigh Van Bryan, 26, was handcuffed and kept under armed guard in a cell with Mexican drug dealers for 12 hours after landing in Los Angeles with pal Emily Bunting.

The Department of Homeland Security flagged him as a potential threat when he posted an excited tweet to his pals about his forthcoming trip to Hollywood which read: 'Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?'

After making their way through passport control at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) last Monday afternoon the pair were detained by armed guards.

Despite telling officials the term 'destroy' was British slang for 'party', they were held on suspicion of planning to 'commit crimes' and had their passports confiscated.

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News media manipulation exposed by freelance journalist's Twitter rant

A freelance journalist based in the Middle East has exposed gross
manipulation of news reports in a major newspaper, in a case that
bears the hallmarks of an official propaganda mechanism. This
distortion of the news only came to light because the journalist was so
angry about the extent of the deception that he risked his career by
posting details on Twitter.

Rob Crilly had submitted an article to the Daily Telegraph reporting
that in Libya the "NTC (National Transitional Council) hadn't decided
policy". But Neville Dean, the editor in charge of the foreign news desk
at the national newspaper, rewrote this sentence to say "the new
Libyan government refused to work with western governments".

Does Dean have a relationship with British or US intelligence services,
and if so what is the nature of that relationship? The Telegraph has
been caught red-handed inserting state propaganda into news stories
in the past, through staff employed by the newspaper.

SOURCE

Evening Standard, "Reporter's Twitter rant to 2 million readers: Boss
screwed me over story", 11 October 2011.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23996935-reporters-
twitter-rant-to-2million-readers-boss-screwed-me-over-story.do

FURTHER READING

British Journalism Review. "Britain?s security services and journalists:
the secret story", Vol 11, No 2, 2000, pp 21-26.
[ http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2000/no2_leigh.htm ]
[This article refers to Con Coughlin, who many people think of as an
ordinary newspaper executive, journalist, and author. Con works for the
Daily Telegraph, and wrote a popular book called "Saddam Hussein:
King of Terror". But Con is in fact a propaganda writer working for the
British secret service. His links with MI6 were exposed during a libel
case. His name "Con" turns out to be apt; an insightful pun.
Con and others have produced volumes of material demonizing
Saddam Hussein, and their stories are repeated again and again in the
mass media. The MI6 version of events has therefore become
accepted as common knowledge in the West. This is a typical example
of state-controlled brainwashing.
The secret service is like a chronic systemic infection in the mass
media network. The propaganda of the Establishment pollutes the
daily mass media efflux with disinformation and spin. The opinions of
most people in the West are based on deception.]
Archive: http://www.theinsider.org/news/article.asp?id=439

"The Insider" mailing list article, 12 October 2011.

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News media manipulation exposed by freelance journalist's Twitter rant

A freelance journalist based in the Middle East has exposed gross
manipulation of news reports in a major newspaper, in a case that
bears the hallmarks of an official propaganda mechanism. This
distortion of the news only came to light because the journalist was so
angry about the extent of the deception that he risked his career by
posting details on Twitter.

Rob Crilly had submitted an article to the Daily Telegraph reporting
that in Libya the "NTC (National Transitional Council) hadn't decided
policy". But Neville Dean, the editor in charge of the foreign news desk
at the national newspaper, rewrote this sentence to say "the new
Libyan government refused to work with western governments".

Does Dean have a relationship with British or US intelligence services,
and if so what is the nature of that relationship? The Telegraph has
been caught red-handed inserting state propaganda into news stories
in the past, through staff employed by the newspaper.

SOURCE

Evening Standard, "Reporter's Twitter rant to 2 million readers: Boss
screwed me over story", 11 October 2011.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23996935-reporters-
twitter-rant-to-2million-readers-boss-screwed-me-over-story.do

FURTHER READING

British Journalism Review. "Britain?s security services and journalists:
the secret story", Vol 11, No 2, 2000, pp 21-26.
[ http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2000/no2_leigh.htm ]
[This article refers to Con Coughlin, who many people think of as an
ordinary newspaper executive, journalist, and author. Con works for the
Daily Telegraph, and wrote a popular book called "Saddam Hussein:
King of Terror". But Con is in fact a propaganda writer working for the
British secret service. His links with MI6 were exposed during a libel
case. His name "Con" turns out to be apt; an insightful pun.
Con and others have produced volumes of material demonizing
Saddam Hussein, and their stories are repeated again and again in the
mass media. The MI6 version of events has therefore become
accepted as common knowledge in the West. This is a typical example
of state-controlled brainwashing.
The secret service is like a chronic systemic infection in the mass
media network. The propaganda of the Establishment pollutes the
daily mass media efflux with disinformation and spin. The opinions of
most people in the West are based on deception.]
Archive: http://www.theinsider.org/news/article.asp?id=439

"The Insider" mailing list article, 12 October 2011.

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