The US Justice Department has obtained a court order directing Twitter to turn over information about the accounts of activists with ties to Wikileaks, including an Icelandic politician, a legendary Dutch hacker and a US computer programmer.
The DoJ order targets Wikileaks-related Twitter activists, including Birgitta Jónsdóttir. Photo credit: Althingi
Birgitta Jónsdóttir, one of 63 members of Iceland’s national parliament, said on Friday that Twitter notified her of the order’s existence and told her she has 10 days to oppose the request for information about activity on her account since 1 November, 2009.
The order (PDF) also covers “subscriber account information” for Bradley Manning, the US Army private charged with leaking classified information; Wikileaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum; Dutch hacker and XS4ALL internet provider co-founder Rop Gonggrijp; and Wikileaks editor Julian Assange.
For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see DOJ sends order to Twitter for Wikileaks-related account info on CNET News.
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