Twitter Ordered to Turn Over Data on Occupy Protesterselfnews Post Reuters reports: Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino, who is overseeing the hundreds of criminal cases stemming from Occupy-related arrests, rejected the idea that Twitter would violate protester Malcolm Harris privacy by turning over the information. If you post a tweet, just like if you scream it out the window, there is no reasonable expectation of privacy, the judge wrote in his decision. He said he would review the information himself and release relevant portions to both prosecutors and Harris lawyer. The Saturday ruling, released on Monday, marks the second time in three months that Sciarrino has rejected an attempt to quash a subpoena in the case. New York JudgeSciarrinosaid the request for data did not violate Harris privacy rights and that the Stored Communications Act governing disclosure of electronic data protects only private communications. The Constitution gives you the right to post, but as numerous people have learned, there are still consequences for your public posts, he said. What you give to the public belongs to the public. What you keep to yourself belongs only to you. Yet, Twitter spokeswoman Carolyn Penner maintains to Reuters,Twitters Terms of Service have long made it absolutely clear that its users own their content. She added,We continue to have a steadfast commitment to our users and their rights. At this point, it seems that everything we do on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media is fair game for prosecutors or other government investigators no matter what were told on either side. Read other articles by selfnews Post HERE. You can support this information by voting on Reddit HERE. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 