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  • Twitter wreaks havoc with Britain’s ornate secrecy laws

    06/01/2011 7:35:48 AM PDT · by canuck_conservative · 7 replies · 5+ views
    National Post.com ^ | Wednesday June 1, 2011 | Araminta Wordsworth
    .... No one — including the media — is supposed to note the injunctions exist. In one notorious case, Fred Goodwin, head of Royal Bank of Scotland, bailed out by taxpayers for billions of pounds, obtained an order preventing anyone from reporting he was philandering with a colleague while negotiations were going on. Even saying he was a banker was forbidden. Now, the city of South Tyneside has used the law to pursue a blogger known as Mr. Monkey, who has allegedly levelled a stream of criticisms against councillors and council officers. On the weekend it persuaded San Francisco-based Twitter...