据报道，经过数月的**，推特同意向曼哈顿地区检察官办公室提供有关用户马尔科姆·哈里斯（Malcolm Harris）的信息，后者在10月份的“占领华尔街”**活动中因扰乱秩序被捕。自从10月1日事件发生以来，该公司（和哈里斯公司）一直试图拒绝地方检察官的请求——数百人因在布鲁克林大桥上堵车而被拘留——但面对藐视法庭（以及相应的罚款），Twitter似乎终于在这件事上让步了。

Twitter达到了**规定的最后期限

哈里斯的律师马丁·斯托拉尔在接受《芝加哥论坛报》采访时说：“我的理解是，除非被停职，否则推特将遵守。此前，马修·西亚里诺法官在本周早些时候设定了一个最后期限，他在6月份拒绝了Twitter的第四修正案，并要求公司交出哈里斯从9月15日到12月31日的推特历史记录。Twitter的论点实际上有两个方面：它还抱怨说，通过拒绝哈里斯阻止原始传票的机会，法庭给Twitter带来了“一个新的、压倒性的负担，让它为用户的权利而战”。Twitter的律师认为，Twitter正被迫站不住脚。它可能会故意交出所有请求——这将招致不乏隐私投诉——或者发现自己陷入了“几乎或一无所知”的法律案件之中

公司的底线仍然是私有的

不过，还有一个重要原因是推特选择今天作为让步的恰当时机，而这与推特用户的权利关系不大。彭博社报道说，如果该公司坚持反对这一命令，它将被迫向Sciarrino提供价值两个季度的盈利报表，以帮助法官计算适当的罚款。作为一家私营公司，Twitter的财务状况长期以来一直处于保密状态，因此合规部保证，Twitter不需要披露那些受到严密保护的数据。我们已经联系到Twitter，就目前的情况发表评论。

更新：推特拒绝直接置评，但指我们今天早些时候由外部律师发表的声明。该文件证实，Twitter已将所要求的内容移交给纽约市刑事法庭。然而，作为最后的努力，该公司的律师已经要求法庭在11月做出上诉决定之前，一直保持密封的信封。我们的完整声明如下：

TWITTER, INC. STATEMENT BY TERRYL L. BROWN OF HARRIS BEACH, PLLC, TO THE CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK September 14, 2012 We have the documents with us today in a sealed envelope. On behalf of Twitter, Inc., we would like the opportunity to make a statement on the record. As this court has specifically stated in its prior rulings, this case includes an issue of first impression, and we would suggest, as such, is certainly worthy of review by the appellate courts of this state. The underlying legal issue of first impression is complicated and is adversely afected since there is an argument that will surely be made by the District Attorney, that by complying with the subpoena and producing the documents in question, Twitter may arguably extinguish its appeal currently pending in Appellate term. As a pure matter of law, today Twitter is being given a fundamentally unfair Hobson’s choice that is contrary to the core of our justice system of being compelled to either waive its right to appeal so that novel legal issues may be adjudicated on the merits, or being held in criminal and/or civil contempt. Such would be a patently unfair and unjust result where Twitter is exercising the legal remedies available to it in order to have a novel issued decided by the courts. Since our appeal is already filed and the appeal is scheduled to be heard in November, and as set forth at paragraph "24" of our afrmation resp***e, we would respectfully asked this court to stay its June 30, 2012 decision and order pending review and determination by Appellate Term. In the alternative, I have the documents subject to the District Attorney’s subpoena with me today. They are contained in a white, legal-sized sealed envelope with my name on the back of the envelope and the caption of the case on the front of the envelope. I would ask the court to c***ider the following resolution to strike the reasonable balance of confirming that Twitter is not willfully disobeying a court order, with twitter’s fundamental right to appeal the decision of this court. Twitter respectfully request that Your Honor receive the documents and hold them under seal (without inspection or production to the District Attorney) until such time as the Appellate Term issues its decision concerning this court’s orders, particularly since this is a novel issue, all parties will benefit from the guidance of the Appellate Division. Moreover, the Disorderly Conduct trial is scheduled for December 12, 2012, and thus there would be no unreasonable delay of the Harris non-jury trial. Neither the People of the State of New York nor the District Attorney will not be prejudiced by awaiting a decision on the appeal, and in fact may benefit in future cases from an appellate resolution of this matter. Twitter respectfully requests the Court to hold the documents under seal until the appeal is decided on the merits. In the alternative, should the Court conduct an in camera review of the documents, Twitter requests that the documents remain in the Court’s sole possession and custody until a determination is made on the appeal. Thank you Your Honor