“Twitter Beta-Tested a Spine”

Ryan Singel reporting on Twitter getting a gag order removed from a subpoena to turn over records:

That’s what makes Twitter’s move so important. It briefly carried the torch for its users during that crucial period when, because of the gag order, its users couldn’t carry it themselves. The company’s action in asking for the gag order to be overturned sets a new precedent that we can only hope that other companies begin to follow.