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Re:Japan top court tells Twitter to disclose retweeters' info by em-bee on Thursday July 23, 2020 @10:47PM (#23935182)
what's bonkers is wanting to punish users for something they didn't do. judges not understanding technology strikes again.
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Re:Japan top court tells Twitter to disclose retweeters' info by aspaceman on Friday July 24, 2020 @03:07AM (#23936604)
I believe this decision punishes Twitter - not the users.
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Re:Japan top court tells Twitter to disclose retweeters' info by em-bee on Friday July 24, 2020 @03:26AM (#23936702)
to punish twitter they wouldn't need the identities of the retweeters. the only use for knowing the retweeters is to haul them into court.
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Re:Japan top court tells Twitter to disclose retweeters' info by roblabla on Friday July 24, 2020 @09:21AM (#23939116)
To be fair, they could be asking for the identities in order to summon them as witnesses against twitter. I don't hold much faith that this is the intention though...
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Re:Japan top court tells Twitter to disclose retweeters' info by em-bee on Friday July 24, 2020 @02:03PM (#23942613)
the thought crossed my mind, but wouldn't you do that after you sue in the discovery step?
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