A Criminal Court judge in Manhattan ruled on Monday that Twitter must turn over to prosecutors messages sent by a Brooklyn writer during the Occupy Wall Street protests last fall. In doing so, the judge, Matthew A. Sciarrino Jr., indicated that although private speech was protected, the same did not apply to public comments on Twitter. “The Constitution gives you the right to post, but as numerous people have learned, there are still consequences for your public posts,” Judge Sciarrino wrote. “What you give to the public belongs to the public. What you keep to yourself belongs only to you.
Judge Orders Twitter to Release Protester’s Messages - NYTimes.com
Based on this ruling, we’d like to remind journalists that using direct messages onTwitter is not the best way to correspond with your sources.
Do you think this ruling will have other implications for digital journalists?
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