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Twitter Faces "Super-Injunction" Challenge Over User Privacy

Twitter Faces "Super-Injunction" Challenge Over User Privacy

Thousands of Twitter users have posted comments about a rumored affair between a British soccer player and a reality-TV star, and have included the athlete’s name, despite a British law that allows individuals to get a “super-injunction” blocking publication of their name. The player has now used that injunction to get a court order demanding that Twitter reveal the account information of users who’ve posted his name. [More]