August 07, 2012
In the Media
NYPD To Subpoena Twitter After Threats Against B'Way Theater
Discovered
By Alex Silverman
WCBS 880
Agust 7, 2012
Excerpt:
“Social media is of increasing importance to law enforcement and
criminal prosecutions,” Larry Cunningham, Associate Professor and
Associate Dean at the St. John’s University School of Law and a
former criminal prosecutor, told WCBS 880. “In general, social
media outlets do a very good job of cooperating with authorities,
but in this case, however, Twitter should have given the
information without a court order under their emergency procedures
policy. The threats were clear enough. They could face
potential liability if something had happened. In any event, a
subpoena (signed off by a judge) can be obtained in major
metropolitan areas very quickly, sometimes in as little as an
hour.”