I think we’ve all been wondering how Wikileaks will be prosecuted for disclosing classified documents last year. This Washington Post article describes the role social media plays in the case and how the defendants’ lawyers argued that releasing personal data from Twitter accounts violates the First and Fourth (protection against warrantless searches) Amendments.
The article really got me thinking about the government’s right and ability to access data in today’s 2.0 world and how social networking sites determine whether or not they will remain bipartisan on issues like this.
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It was very interesting to read about one more case study where social media played a big role.
I found another article about Wikileaks case. The author believes there is a double standard since the United States encourages the use of social media in the third world countries, but at the same time is trying to "chill" the use of social media in the US by seeking records of Twitter followers, etc.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/DershowitzWikileaksDoubleStandard/2011/02/16/id/386266
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