Twitter | Twitter Ignored Request To Keep Subpoena Under Wraps

Requests for comment have been made to both Twitter and the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. We'll update when they get back to us.

Twitter's guidelines for law enforcement say the company notifies users when information is requested unless forbidden from doing so by statute or court order. It's not clear if Twitter turned over the subpoena to @p0isAn0N and, if so, why it chose to ignore the request made on the second page of the subpoena.

Twitter's guidelines also say that the company will only turn over personal information if presented with a subpoena or a court order. Unlike Facebook, which prohibits users from registering anonymously, Twitter users can use false identities when signing up for an account.

"Never declare war on the young," said Harvey Silverglate, a noted civil libertarian, told the Boston Herald in reference to the less-than-tech-savvy wording of the subpoena. "They'll outlast you. They'll outthink you. They'll outdo you... That may be the lesson the DA's office is about to learn."

In October, at the height of the Occupy Boston protest, hackers claiming to be members of Anonymous broke into the Boston Police Patrolmens' Association and copied members' names, union email addresses and passwords. The information was later posted online.