Government requests for Twitter users' data on the rise

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majkmushrm wrote:

Are these US “requests” for individuals or is each “request” of the gimme all you got type?

Jul 31, 2013 11:27pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
Assur wrote:

Twitter: Somebody set up us government request.
Main server turn on.
NSA: All your data are belong to us.
You have no chance to resist make your time.

Aug 01, 2013 4:44am EDT  --  Report as abuse
JL4 wrote:

From the article:

“The report did not include secret information requests within the United Sates authorized under the Patriot Act, a law enacted after the September 11 attacks. U.S. companies are prohibited from acknowledging the existence of data requests made under those statutes.”

So, the U.S. Congress circumvented the Constitution and enacted The Patriot Act in 2011; we aren’t *allowed* to know when they’re gathering our personal information?

And we thought the NSA data gathering was bad…and Congress just voted to keep it all intact.

This is bad. Very. Very. Bad.

Aug 01, 2013 7:51am EDT  --  Report as abuse
sjfella wrote:

But the legions of brainless sheep will continue using it.

Aug 01, 2013 10:24am EDT  --  Report as abuse
Dichotomous wrote:

@sjfella – pretty much.

If you consider it private, keep it to yourself. Stupid is as stupid does.

Aug 01, 2013 11:01am EDT  --  Report as abuse
Dichotomous wrote:

@sjfella – pretty much.

If you consider it private, keep it to yourself. Stupid is as stupid does.

Aug 01, 2013 11:01am EDT  --  Report as abuse
 
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