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People v. Harris
New York County Supreme Court
Key Holding
A criminal defendant has no standing to challenge a subpoena issued to Twitter for the defendant's tweets and account information.
Case Summary
People v. Harris held that the defendant in a criminal case could not challenge a subpoena served on Twitter for his public and non-public tweets and account information, as users have no Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy in content voluntarily disclosed to a third-party service.
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