MMore Wikileaks Movie material as Judge Theresa Buchanan requires Twitter to share the Wikileaks social networks of the “Twitter Three” Jacob Appelbaum, Birgitta Jonsdottir and Rop Gonggrijp. These associates of Julian Assange may have substantial social networks linking them to other key members of the Wikileaks community. And now Theresa Buchanan has required Twitter to give up this information to investigators who seek the communications of the “Twitter Three” s to make a case and file charges against Julian Assange for his vast Wikileaks disclosures of Cablegate diplomatic cables. These cables were allegedly provided to Wikileaks by US Army Private Bradley Manning. However the exact relationship and communications between Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and other Wikileaks members remains vague. Data provided by San Francisco-based Twitter may help investigators clarify this aspect of the Wikileaks story and legal case and will no doubt bring more information to producers of the Wikileaks Movie who are looking to document and portray this key piece of the puzzle. This legal judgment, along with others, will have an impact on the trial(s) of Julian Assange and could potentially have ripple effects on the social network habits of government officials, activists and intellectuals down the road. In discussing the Wikileaks Movie there are frequent comparisons to The Social Network. This legal case involving Twitter, and by precedent other sites such as Facebook, makes the connection between The Social Network and Wikileaks Movie (s) more tangible.
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