NEW YORK (AP) — An Occupy Wall Street protester whose tweets were subpoenaed pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct on Wednesday in a case that became a clash over social media privacy.
Malcolm Harris, a writer and editor in his 20s, was sentenced to six days of community service. Defense attorney Martin Stolar said Harris wanted to plead guilty so he could focus on appealing a decision by the judge to hand over his Twitter messages to the prosecution.
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