21 June
11:23:54
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"Thanks to everyone for all the messages over the past few hours. It was a very special week for me. Proud to be a major champion!" - US Open golf winner Rory McIlroy (www.rorymcilroy.com) on Twitter.
Twitter - Rory McIlroy |
21 June
11:15:10
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Wimbledon 2011 - catch Andy Murray (www.andymurray.com) on Twitter.
Twitter - Andy Murray |
15 June
14:46:12
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Lily Allen (www.lilyallenmusic.com) has moved her Twitter account from http://twitter.com/lilyroseallen to
http://twitter.com/MrsLRCooper as she is now Mrs Cooper. More in The Standard.
Evening Standard |
15 June
11:38:44
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The impact of social media on the UK legal system will be explored when "A plumber who tweeted and blogged claims about his wife's alleged affair with a wealthy insurance boss goes on trial today accused of harassment." More in The Standard.
Evening Standard |
7 June
11:45:20
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Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General (www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk) has warned that "Users of Twitter could face legal action for contempt of court if they use the microblogging website to breach privacy injunctions..." More at The Telegraph.
The Telegraph |
31 May
15:53:45
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A new but anonymous Twitter account has been set up "claiming to out celebrities who have used injunctions to cover up affairs." More at MailOnline.
MailOnline |
26 May
12:21:43
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Twitter exeutives are not co-operating with police investigation into death threats made to Imogen Thomas via the social networking website - "I wanna hear u scream of fear when u see what i do to you and your family." More at The Standard.
Evening Standard |
25 May
11:20:27
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Twitter has come in for criticism from the police for spreading rumours - "A detective has warned that social networking sites are increasingly hampering major police investigations." More at The Standard.
Evening Standard |
24 May
12:12:00
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Twitter has thrown UK law on privacy and injunctions into turmoil. Prime Minister David Cameron has asked for a committee "to consider the issues of privacy and the use of injunctions." More at MailOnline.
MailOnline |
22 May
15:36:15
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Former player Rodney Marsh (http://twitter.com/RodneyMarsh10) is working on a new football show for TV and/or the internet. 'Grumpy Pundits' (twitter.com/grumpypundits) demo tapes will be posted to YouTube and he wants feedback via Twitter.
Grumpy Pundits |
21 May
14:25:58
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Twitter faces legal action from a married pro footballer "after users claimed to have identified the player who allegedly had an affair with Big Brother's Imogen Thomas (www.imogenthomasofficial.com)." More in The Standard.
Evening Standard |
19 May
14:47:57
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Wayne Rooney may be in trouble with the FA over his Twitter (http://twitter.com/WayneRooney) "banter" with a football fan - "I'll put u asleep in 10 seconds." Is Wazza going to bore him to sleep or bash him unconscious? More at MailOnline.
MailOnline |
11 May
11:10:14
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'I can't sue everyone on Twitter' - TV presenter Gabby Logan (www.gabbylogan.com) on the false internet rumours about her private life. Her Twitter account is http://twitter.com/gabby_logan - more at MailOnline.
MailOnline |
9 May
15:13:13
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"Twitter users have been taunting two of the public figures granted gagging orders after their identities were revealed on the social networking site...." - more in The Telegraph.
The Telegraph |
9 May
15:05:10
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Twitter and super-injunctions: "If you know a piece of information is under an injunction and you broadcast it in any kind of way – including tweeting it – then you are inviting trouble..." More in The Telegraph.
The Telegraph |
9 May
11:34:24
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The Telegraph defines the word 'super-injunction': "Some celebrities’ identities have been protected by injunctions giving them anonymity, while so-called super-injunctions even forbid news organisations from reporting the existence of the orders." The Telegraph |
9 May
11:26:02
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The Daily Mail reports that the Twitter account @superinjunction is at the centre of the super injunction stories.
Superinjunction - Twitter |
9 May
11:22:47
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"Jemima Khan has used Twitter to utterly deny false reports that a super-injunction about her exists after she was named on the social-networking site alongside a number of other celebrities" - more at Metro.
Metro |
9 May
11:22:09
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"Gagging law stars 'outed' on Twitter: Thousands see the names of celebrities alleged to have taken out injunctions" - more at MailOnline.
MailOnline |
9 May
11:05:46
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Private Eye (www.private-eye.co.uk) has its own Twitter account which has not ben updated since May 4.
Private Eye - Twitter |
9 May
11:04:31
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Check out the information about super injunctions on the Private Eye website (www.private-eye.co.uk), plus the story on the Andrew Marr super injunction.
Private Eye |
9 May
10:51:58
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Jemima Khan tweets - "I've woken up trapped in a bloody nightmare" and "If Jeremy has a super injunction (as reported in Private Eye) it has got NOTHING to do with me."
Jemima Khan - Twitter |
9 May
10:43:15
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Twitter account @InjunctionSuper reports "Jeremy Clarkson has an injunction preventing the publication or mention of intimate photographs of him and Jemima." The page has 40,000+ followers.
InjunctionSuper - Twitter |
22 March
16:17:51
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Twitter is now 5 years old and has 200 million users. More at MailOnline.
MailOnline |
22 March
12:29:27
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David Haye (www.hayemaker.com) is building up to his big fight with Wladimir Klitschko (www.klitschko.com), or brother Vitali Klitschko if Wladimir is injured, via his blog and Twitter.
David Haye |
10 March
11:12:52
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Craig Oliver, aka 'Crazy Olive', David Cameron’s new director of communications, can be found on Twitter (http://twitter.com/CraigOliverNo10). "He arrived on his first day for work wearing a £170 pair of Beats headphones." More in The Telegraph. The Telegraph |
8 March
11:17:08
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Charlie Sheen has pulled in 2,000,000+ followers to his Twitter (http://twitter.com/CHARLIESHEEN) page which was set up on March 1 to claim a new Guinness World Record "for gaining most fans in the shortest length of time." More in The Telegraph.
The Telegraph |
25 February
12:29:26
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Justin Bieber (www.justinbiebermusic.com) is reported to have lost 80,000 of his 7,500,000+ Twitter (http://twitter.com/justinbieber) fans who have unfolowed him because of his new haircut. More in The Standard.
Evening Standard |
11 February
15:25:22
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Twitter could now be worth up to $10 billion according to the Wall Street Journal - "Discussions with at least some potential suitors have produced an estimated valuation of $8 billion to $10 billion."
Wall Street Journal |
7 February
15:03:05
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Actress Amanda Holden (http://twitter.com/amanda_holden), a judge on Britain's Got Talent (http://talent.itv.com) has been "taken into seclusion by her husband Chris Hughes" following her miscarriage. More at MailOnline.
MailOnline |
2 February
15:20:26
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"Rihanna (www.rihannanow.com) confesses on Twitter (http://twitter.com/RIHANNA) to topless snaps" - more at The Standard.
Evening Standard |
31 January
16:07:46
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Ongoing Twitter banter between Elizabeth Hurley (http://twitter.com/elizabethhurley) and Shane Warne (http://twitter.com/warne888) about Ping Pong, the new parrot in her life. More in The Standard.
Evening Standard |
26 January
11:23:48
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Nile Rodgers (www.nilerodgers.com) of Chic is twittering as he recovers from surgery to treat cancer.
Nile Rodgers - Twitter |
25 January
11:22:08
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The World Economic Forum 2011 (www.weforum.org) in Davos is twittering (http://twitter.com/davos).
World Economic Forum on Twitter |
19 January
11:24:36
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Katie Price has announced her split from cagefighting husband Peter Reid to her followers on Twitter (http://twitter.com/misskatieprice) - "Morning thanks for the support at this sad time...." More at MailOnline.
MailOnline |
12 January
15:06:32
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Liverpool (www.liverpoolfc.tv) player Ryan Babel has landed himself in football controversy by posting a doctored photo of referee Howard Webb via his Twitter (http://twitter.com/ryanbabel) account. More at The Guardian.
The Guardian |
12 January
14:54:34
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Sarah Palin's controversial 'crosshairs' website 'Take Back the 20' (www.takebackthe20.com) has been taken down. More at The Maddow Blog with a screengrab of the offending imagery.
The Maddow Blog |
12 January
14:45:53
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Sarah Palin is back twittering (http://twitter.com/sarahpalinusa) following a brief pause after the Arizona killings. She has also posted a statement on Facebook (www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=487510653434). More in The Telegraph. The Telegraph |
10 January
11:51:37
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The US government wants Twitter to provide details of the WikiLeaks account - "The micro-blogging site declined to comment, saying only that its policy is to notify its users, where possible, of government requests for information." More at MailOnline. MailOnline |
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