South Tyneside Council takes Twitter to court in US

Name: South Tyneside Council takes Twitter to court in US
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An English council has taken Twitter to court in the US in a bid to discover the identity of a blogger behind allegedly libellous statements.

South Tyneside Council went to court in California after three councillors and an official complained they were libelled in a blog called "Mr Monkey".

Andy Moore reports.

29 May 2011