Twitter subpoenaed by New York Police following threats against Mike Tyson's one-man show
Microblogging site Twitter has been subpoenaed by New York police as they attempt to identify a user who issued threats against former world champion Mike Tyson’s one-man show.
The site has refused to reveal the identity of a user to threatened a mass-shooting during Tyson’s one-man show on broadway, which opened last week.
"This s--- ain't no joke yo I'm serious people are gonna die just like in aurora," read one tweet.
Police say that Twitter has complied with the subpoena after it initially told them that the tweets being sent did not warrant emergency disclosure.
"We appreciate the timeliness and sensitivity of this matter, and have reviewed the reported Twitter account. While we do invoke emergency disclosure procedures when it appears that a threat is present, specific and immediate, this does not appear to fall under those strict parameter as per our policies,” Twitter had previously said in an email.