And the consequences of this would be what exactly in your opinion? The fact that being a customer of a US company can lead to such a request? I mean I know that Americans are now accustomed to having their cell phones and laptops pulled by border officials without just cause and having their so called civil liberties impinged upon but that doesn't mean the rest of the world has to go along with it.
Read the article. Her government can stop this injunction and have 10 days to do it. US companies STILL have to succumb to national laws and attitudes if they want to operate.
This is a US matter and has nothing to do with her government.
As the article correctly stated, "The government has the right to get information, but that has to be done in a lawful way.", meaning the US government.
In this case the Justice department wanted the info from Twitter on her Tweets from an American company.
The Justice Dept is part of the Executive Branch, and so to get the info they couldn't just order Twitter to turn it over, they had to get a Judge from the independent Judicial Branch to sign off on their request that there was sufficient PROBABLE CAUSE that the information was needed in a criminal investigation.
The Judicial Branch did so, but apparently in this case, gave her 10 days to provide evidence to the Judicial Branch that nothing in her Tweets was worth turning over to the Justice Dept, including appealing to a higher court.
This is often done here, allowing the Judicial branch a closer look at what the Executive Branch (Police/Justice) claim is needed.
If she makes a successful appeal, the Justice dept will never see her Tweets.
Sort of a normal checks and balances in the way our Govt is structured.
Everyone is used to the Police side suspecting everybody is guilty, but the Judicial side is what upholds our rights and also presumes innocence.
Arthur