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Nitwit hits Twitter with writ < I couldn't resist using that headline from 'The Sun' in thread title, but for a more serious take on this story, this is 'The Guardian' report - Twitter faces legal action by footballer over privacy.
The BBC is reporting this morning that the High Court in London has ordered Twitter to release details of the people that tweeted this information in breach of a so-called 'super injunctions'.
These 'super injunctions' not only ban the media from publishing details about whatever is the subject of the injunction, but goes further by even banning the reporting that an injunction has even been granted.
There's a massive debate going on in the UK over these injunctions, the battle between the 'right to privacy' and the 'right to publish', and the internet has been used to expose what the UK media can not on several occasions over the last couple of years.
This is the first time someone has turned to the courts in response to such information being published online - this is a story worth watching IMO.
A footballer has launched legal action against Twitter after a number of the microblogging site's users purported to reveal the name of the player who allegedly had an affair with model Imogen Thomas.
The footballer's legal team began the legal action at the high court in London on Wednesday, in what is thought to be the first action against the US social media firm and its users.
The lawsuit lists the defendants as "Twitter Inc and persons unknown". The latter are described as those "responsible for the publication of information on the Twitter accounts" in the court document, according to reports.
Earlier this month, an unknown person or individuals published the names of various people who had allegedly taken out gagging orders to conceal sexual indiscretions on a Twitter account. The account rapidly attracted more than 100,000 followers.
Twitter declined to comment.
The BBC is reporting this morning that the High Court in London has ordered Twitter to release details of the people that tweeted this information in breach of a so-called 'super injunctions'.
These 'super injunctions' not only ban the media from publishing details about whatever is the subject of the injunction, but goes further by even banning the reporting that an injunction has even been granted.
There's a massive debate going on in the UK over these injunctions, the battle between the 'right to privacy' and the 'right to publish', and the internet has been used to expose what the UK media can not on several occasions over the last couple of years.
The lord chief justice, Lord Judge, on Friday said Twitter and its users were totally out of control when it comes to privacy injunctions and court orders.
Twitter and other social networks were accused of making "an ass of the law" by culture secretary Jeremy Hunt and [other] politicians after a number of celebrities with injunctions were allegedly exposed online.
This is the first time someone has turned to the courts in response to such information being published online - this is a story worth watching IMO.