Some news of the weird – and wired: The office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett, as part of an ongoing grand jury investigation, has filed a subpoena against Twitter to reveal the names of two anonymous Twitter accounts. The revelation came hours after Mr. Corbett won the Republican primary for governor.
The subpoena asks for name and contact information for the Twitter accounts BFBarbie and CasablancaPA. It is unclear the reason for the subpoena, but both Twitter handles have been harsh critics of Mr. Corbett.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pennsylvania ACLU will represent CasblancaPA in fighting the subpoena. WTAE Pittsburgh has video of the story, including an interview with Mr. Corbett in which he refuses to comment on the “ongoing investigation.”
If the idea was simply to silence free speech of critic – which the Attorney General’s office denies – it would seem the subpoena failed. Both twitter users have seen their following quadruple in the past two days, and one would have to suspect the CasablancaPA blog was getting more traffic than ever.
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