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Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay

arstechnica.com Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay

Trump accused the DOJ of "secretly attacking" his Twitter account.

Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay

Sanctions were applied after the social media platform delayed compliance with a federal search warrant that required Twitter to hand over Donald Trump's Twitter data without telling the former president about the warrant for 180 days.

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  • The government immediately tried to serve Twitter with the search warrant—which required Trump's data to be shared within 10 days—but the website where Twitter gathers legal requests was "inoperative."

    Did they auto-reply to the request with a poop emoji?

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