South Tyneside Council takes Twitter to court in US

Name: South Tyneside Council takes Twitter to court in US
Uploaded: 2011-05-29T12:20:04.000Z
Description: A council has taken legal action against Twitter to try to discover the identity of a blogger behind allegedly libellous statements. Media lawyer Mark Stephens says he is unaware of anyone from this country taking action like this before.

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A council has taken legal action against Twitter to try to discover the identity of a blogger behind allegedly libellous statements.

Media lawyer Mark Stephens says he is unaware of anyone from the UK taking action like this before.

29 May 2011