Twitter's response to US Government search warrant (turned over deleted DMs) [pdf]

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Post by hnburnsy » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 2:53 PM UTC

Twitter's response to US Government search warrant (turned over deleted DMs) [pdf]
dcd.uscourts.gov

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#2

Post by hnburnsy » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 2:55 PM UTC

My favorite part is when the government suggests to Twitter that they should Ctl-F to find 'associated accounts'

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Post by sacrosanct » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 3:34 PM UTC

Needs more context. I glossed over the PDF, but couldn't figure out what this is about. ELI5.

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Post by roflyear » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 3:37 PM UTC

hnburnsy wrote: post #2

My favorite part is when the government suggests to Twitter that they should Ctl-F to find 'associated accounts'

Classic, and depressing.

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Post by jameskilton » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 3:39 PM UTC

sacrosanct wrote: post #3

Needs more context. I glossed over the PDF, but couldn't figure out what this is about. ELI5.

https://daringfireball.net/2023/08/holy_hell_trump_did_use_d... I think covers this well.

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Post by dboreham » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 3:40 PM UTC

Trump didn't have the legendary opsec he's supposed to have.

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Post by joezydeco » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 3:41 PM UTC

sacrosanct wrote: post #3

Needs more context. I glossed over the PDF, but couldn't figure out what this is about. ELI5.

The DOJ asked for access to Trump's twitter account, including DMs, deleted items, and drafts. Twitter stalled on producing this information so this hearing was the DOJ asking the judge to start hitting Twitter with fines until they could produce.

There's also some confusion at the start because DOJ asked for other possible accounts that Trump might have used as a sockpuppet/backchannel means of communication and Twitter seems to either not be able to discover that, or can't find it.

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Post by roflyear » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 3:41 PM UTC

Is this regarding the Trump case? They mention "realDonaldTrump" in the transcript.

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Post by kitanata » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 3:43 PM UTC

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#10

Post by josefresco » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 3:44 PM UTC

hnburnsy wrote: post #2

My favorite part is when the government suggests to Twitter that they should Ctl-F to find 'associated accounts'

What's funny is while the judge might look silly suggesting such a basic technique, Twitter's lawyers were clearly "playing dumb" saying that a search for "realDonaldTrump" produced "millions of emails" and therefore was unreasonable.