footballer injunctions
Twitter could block super-injunction tweets - Telegraph.co.uk
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Twitter could block super-injunction tweets Telegraph.co.uk It follows the identification by tens of thousands of Twitter users of the footballer Ryan Giggs as the holder of a super-injunction, in defiance of a High Court ruling. Mr Crowell however told the Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions that the ... |
Parliament told Twitter could now observe gagging orders - Press Gazette
Parliament told Twitter could now observe gagging orders Press Gazette Numerous injunctions observed by journalists have been widely flouted on Twitter over the last year – including one aimed at protecting the privacy of footballer Ryan Giggs. Last week, Twitter revealed a new policy which enables it to “withhold ... |
John Terry Stripped Of Captaincy: Now They Should Stop Him Going To Euro 2012 - Sabotage Times
![]() Sabotage Times | John Terry Stripped Of Captaincy: Now They Should Stop Him Going To Euro 2012 Sabotage Times Chelsea skipper John Terry entered a plea of not guilty to a racially aggravated public order offence – allegedly calling a fellow professional footballer a “black ****” – and a trial date was set. It was always going to be this way. Captaincy chaos hits England's Euro plans |
The Role of Social Media in the Legal World - The Lawyer
![]() The Lawyer | The Role of Social Media in the Legal World The Lawyer A particularly well publicised example of the flagrant breach of a “super injunction” was the case of an affair between a British Premiership footballer and Imogen Thomas, a Welsh model. Twitter user @injunctionsuper revealed to the world at large the ... |
The Good, the Bad, and the Fuzzy of Twitter's New Censorship Rules - The Atlantic Wire
![]() The Atlantic Wire | The Good, the Bad, and the Fuzzy of Twitter's New Censorship Rules The Atlantic Wire A super-injunction is a particular kind of gag order issued by a judge often in order to protect public figures from coverage of potentially sensitive issues. When a tweeter identified professional footballer Ryan Giggs as having obtained a ... The revolution will not be tweeted Twitter's new 'censorship' feature could lead to legal restrictions for UK ... |
Teenage thug is jailed for breaching Gangbo - Evening Standard
![]() Evening Standard | Teenage thug is jailed for breaching Gangbo Evening Standard District Judge Nicholson said: "These are not minor injunction breaches." His mother, 41, said her son was a promising footballer who had to quit college because he kept getting arrested. "The police and the council victimised him," she added. |
The Games That Giggsy Plays - The Awl
![]() The Awl | The Games That Giggsy Plays The Awl Furthermore, the Sun had been “gagged”—in other words, the unnamed player had obtained a High Court injunction protecting his privacy, telling the judge, it later transpired, that Imogen was demanding large sums of money to stay quiet. |
Golden Rule that applies to tweeting, too - This is Leicestershire
Golden Rule that applies to tweeting, too This is Leicestershire The abuse has not just been limited to the footballers. Hayley Gallagher, the wife of Foxes striker Paul Gallagher, received a torrent of abuse on the site after congratulating Blackburn Rovers on their recent win in the Premier League. |
Editors and executives to appear before privacy committee - Journalism.co.uk
![]() Journalism.co.uk | Editors and executives to appear before privacy committee Journalism.co.uk Editors, digital editors and executives of national news organisations including the Mirror, the Telegraph and the Times Online are due to appear before the joint committee on privacy and injunctions later today. The committee was set up in May last ... |
Dominic Mohan faces MPs and peers; PIs and mobile firms at Leveson inquiry - The Guardian
![]() The Guardian | Dominic Mohan faces MPs and peers; PIs and mobile firms at Leveson inquiry The Guardian #Leveson — Hacked off (@hackinginquiry) February 2, 2012 12.04pm: Hunt says he will be able to put forward proposals that will satisfy concerns raised in the past by the joint committee on privacy and injunctions. He says he is less certain about the ... |
Twitter could block super-injunction tweets - Telegraph.co.uk
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Twitter could block super-injunction tweets Telegraph.co.uk It follows the identification by tens of thousands of Twitter users of the footballer Ryan Giggs as the holder of a super-injunction, in defiance of a High Court ruling. Mr Crowell however told the Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions that the ... |
John Terry Stripped Of Captaincy: Now They Should Stop Him Going To Euro 2012 - Sabotage Times
Sabotage Times | John Terry Stripped Of Captaincy: Now They Should Stop Him Going To Euro 2012 Sabotage Times Chelsea skipper John Terry entered a plea of not guilty to a racially aggravated public order offence – allegedly calling a fellow professional footballer a “black ****” – and a trial date was set. It was always going to be this way. Captaincy chaos hits England's Euro plans |
Parliament told Twitter could now observe gagging orders - Press Gazette
Parliament told Twitter could now observe gagging orders Press Gazette Numerous injunctions observed by journalists have been widely flouted on Twitter over the last year – including one aimed at protecting the privacy of footballer Ryan Giggs. Last week, Twitter revealed a new policy which enables it to “withhold ... |
Teenage thug is jailed for breaching Gangbo - Evening Standard
![]() Evening Standard | Teenage thug is jailed for breaching Gangbo Evening Standard District Judge Nicholson said: "These are not minor injunction breaches." His mother, 41, said her son was a promising footballer who had to quit college because he kept getting arrested. "The police and the council victimised him," she added. |
The Role of Social Media in the Legal World - The Lawyer
![]() The Lawyer | The Role of Social Media in the Legal World The Lawyer A particularly well publicised example of the flagrant breach of a “super injunction” was the case of an affair between a British Premiership footballer and Imogen Thomas, a Welsh model. Twitter user @injunctionsuper revealed to the world at large the ... |
The Games That Giggsy Plays - The Awl
![]() The Awl | The Games That Giggsy Plays The Awl Furthermore, the Sun had been “gagged”—in other words, the unnamed player had obtained a High Court injunction protecting his privacy, telling the judge, it later transpired, that Imogen was demanding large sums of money to stay quiet. |
Golden Rule that applies to tweeting, too - This is Leicestershire
Golden Rule that applies to tweeting, too This is Leicestershire The abuse has not just been limited to the footballers. Hayley Gallagher, the wife of Foxes striker Paul Gallagher, received a torrent of abuse on the site after congratulating Blackburn Rovers on their recent win in the Premier League. |
The Good, the Bad, and the Fuzzy of Twitter's New Censorship Rules - The Atlantic Wire
![]() The Atlantic Wire | The Good, the Bad, and the Fuzzy of Twitter's New Censorship Rules The Atlantic Wire A super-injunction is a particular kind of gag order issued by a judge often in order to protect public figures from coverage of potentially sensitive issues. When a tweeter identified professional footballer Ryan Giggs as having obtained a ... The revolution will not be tweeted Twitter's new 'censorship' feature could lead to legal restrictions for UK ... |
Max Clifford and Phil Hall to appear before privacy committee - Journalism.co.uk (blog)
Max Clifford and Phil Hall to appear before privacy committee Journalism.co.uk (blog) The establishment of the committee followed the move by MP John Hemming to use parliamentary privilege to name a footballer at the centre of a privacy injunction, which had prevented the press from reporting on the matter but had seen speculation on ... |
Daily Mirror editor not a 'big fan' of NoW's Mosley splash - Press Gazette
Daily Mirror editor not a 'big fan' of NoW's Mosley splash Press Gazette By Andrew Pugh Daily Mirror editor Richard Wallace has told a committee looking into privacy and injunctions that he “wasn'ta big fan” of the News of the World's Max Mosley coverage and he would not “necessarily” have published the story in the Daily ... |
Max Clifford and Phil Hall to appear before privacy committee
Publicist Max Clifford and Phil Hal, former editor of News of the World will take questions form the joint committee on privacy and injunctions Read more
Editors and executives to appear before privacy committee
Representatives of the Mirror, the Telegraph and the Times to give evidence to the joint committee on privacy and injunctions Read more
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Editors, digital editors and executives of national news organisations including the Mirror, the Telegraph and the Times Online are due to appear before the joint committee on privacy and injunctions later today. Read more
Twitter could block super-injunction tweets
Twitter could bar British users from reading tweets that break future celebrity super-injunctions, a senior executive from the web firm has told MPs and Lords. Read more
The Good, the Bad, and the Fuzzy of Twitter's New Censorship Rules
Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo, stern-faced and blank-eyed, explained his company's new censorship capabilities defensively on Monday night. When asked Twitter's stance on free speech, its plans for international expansion and the criticism the company's faced for bending to governmental pressure, Costolo implored the audience -- and ostensibly Twitter's users -- not to speculate about ... Read more
Twitter to censor posts by country
A new system allows the social media service to block certain tweets in some countries while showing them in others, which a legal expert says could enhance freedom of speech rather than stifling it ( ZDNet UK - Compliance ) Read more
US election candidates target Twitter users
This year's US presidential race will be 'the Twitter election', according to the site's chief executive, Dick Costolo. Read more
Editor laud regional press ethics
The UK's regional press has a "very good reputation" for behaving ethically and should not be tarnished by the phone hacking scandal, the Leveson Inquiry heard today. Read more
Leveson Inquiry: as it happened January 12
Rolling coverage of the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics and phone hacking as evidence is heard from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday Read more
Leveson Inquiry: as it happened January 11
Rolling coverage of the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics and phone hacking as evidence is heard from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday Read more




















