I’ve been up all night following the breaking news on terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium.
Speculations abound but one thing is clear, this is global crisis.
US Government subpoenas Twitter over Wikileaks.
Forget CES 2011, US Government subpoenas Twitter over Wikileaks.
According to reports, US Government is asking Twitter for the identities and all available informations on Wikileaks followers. Sounds scary isn’t it?
From ZDNet:
Twitter is in a difficult position. Considering their stance during the Iranian elections supporting the freedom of speech, it will appear as if the company is backtracking or giving into pressure by handing over details of its users to its government.
Hypothetical questions regardless of what had happened:
- Iranian Government demands identities of those who supports and/or are involved with the protest.
Twitter stands takes a stand and says “NO!” to Iranian Government.
Where do US Government stand? - Iranian Government demands identities of those who supports and/or are involved with the protest.
Twitter caves in and says gives to Iranian Government the informations.
Where do US Government stand?
From Washington Post (June 17, 2009):
The State Department asked social-networking site Twitter to delay scheduled maintenance earlier this week to avoid disrupting communications among tech-savvy Iranian citizens as they took to the streets to protest Friday’s reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Another question:
Can you have the cake and it it too?
As of this posting there are 634,942 Wikileaks followers on Twitter. (2011-01-08 21:05 Pacific Time)
UPDATE:
Now there are 634,676 Wikileaks followers on Twitter. (2011-01-08 23:40 Pacific Time)
There are 634,684 Wikileaks followers on Twitter. (2011-01-09 4:54 Pacific Time)
Should US Government subpoena blogging services such as WordPress for the accounts that ever mention Wikileaks in their Blog-post?