Thursday, May 26, 2011

Super Injunctions, Twitter, and another big f*ck you from the rich to you

A senior executive from Twitter yesterday admitted for the first time that the website would turn over information to authorities if it was "legally required" to do so.

Experts had previously assumed that people who breached gagging orders on Twitter were protected from legal reprisals because the website is outside the jurisdiction of British courts.

The admission came after Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, warned earlier this week that people who breached injunctions online were in for a "rude shock".


Translation: we have money and lawyers. Don't fuck with us.

Response: The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.

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