Person Tweeting Death Wish For Palin Now Wants Privacy

Legal Insurrection ^ | 1/12/11 | William Jacobson

[markomalley]

I linked earlier to a YouTube video montage [video removed, see update below] of death wishes tweeted about Sarah Palin after various bloggers maliciously linked Palin's electoral target map to the Tucson shooting.

Now YouTube is threatening to pull the video because one of the people who sent a tweet has complained that the video violates her privacy.

According to the YouTube notice, which appears at Big Journalism (h/t Aaron Worthing at Patterico), the person whose tweet appears at 1:50 of the video is the person who complained.  Here is the screen shot at 1:50:

I have no idea what YouTube will do, but it does seem odd that someone would sent a death wish into the Twitter universe and then claim privacy.

There are two principles at issue.  First, there is no expectation of privacy as to death wishes.  Second, there is no expectation of privacy on Twitter.

Sorry lady, you'll have to live with the consequences of your Tweet, because even if YouTube takes down the video, we all have screen shots.

Which brings me to a third principle.  You can't take it back on the internet.

Update:  YouTube removed the video.  All of the screenshots have been saved by a reader, and are available here.  A new location for the video will be linked once available.

Here is the video:

[Salamander]

Solitary confinement is ~very~ private.

May I suggest that?

:)

[matt1234]

TweetleDumb

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[greedo]

She blocked access,

  "This person has protected their tweets"


but those tweets are still cached at google,

  site:twitter.com/redheadonfire2

[Carley]

And the secret service is investigating this as we speak.

/s

[Doc Savage]

What is a teat? Is this something new I should get my hands on?

[Bigh4u2]

Only if you’re a dairy farmer!

:0)

[I Buried My Guns]

Yes. I spent a good part of my youth trying to get my hands on a pair. you should too!

[popdonnelly]

I’d like to know who the person is. She’s actually encouraging violence, and against a specific individual.