ACLU backs Twitter's bid to hide user information

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a brief in a New York state court supporting Twitter's effort to avoid handing over the personal information of one of its users to the police.

Aden Fine, a senior staff attorney for the ACLU said in a statement that the case "is important because law enforcement around the country is becoming increasingly aggressive in its attempts to obtain information about what people are doing and saying on the Internet." "People rely on the Internet to express themselves and to live their lives, and the government shouldn’t be able to get this constitutionally protected information without a warrant and without complying with the First Amendment," Fine said. In its filing, the ACLU argued the subpoena infringes Harris's First Amendment right to free speech and that he has the legal standing to challenge it on his own.