Twitter gives up details of anonymous tweeter | Technically Incorrect - CNET News
One of the fun aspects of Twitter is that you can pretend to be someone else--or just make a name up for yourself--and express your true feelings about so very many things.
However, if your feelings happen to be seen as libelous, you might now have a problem.
For the Guardian reports that Twitter has revealed the name, e-mail address, and telephone number of a person who tweeted some rather critical notions about a local council in the U.K.
The council of South Tyneside, in the rather chilly north of England, decided to petition a court in California in order to secure these details.
Twitter's privacy policy does state the following: ...
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