The name is an apparent reference to Twitter's billionaire owner, Elon Musk, who described himself as a free speech absolutist. It's seeking names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, social media profile data and IP addresses associated with the user account 'FreeSpeechEnthusiast' which is suspected of being behind the leak. The company also asked the court to identify the alleged individual or group that posted the information without Twitter's authorization.

Twitter, based in San Francisco, noted in the filing that the postings infringe on copyrights held by Twitter. The platform complied and said the content had been disabled, according to the filing. District Court of the Northern District of California on Friday, Twitter had asked GitHub, an internet hosting service for software development, to take down the code where it was posted. Some parts of Twitter's source code - the fundamental computer code on which the social network runs - were leaked online, the social media company said in a legal filing that was first reported by The New York Times.Īccording to the legal document, first filed with the U.S.

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