Journalist's Twitter posts spark prosecution call
Found on BBC News on Saturday, 21 May 2011
The unnamed writer allegedly named a footballer, who is accused of having an affair, known in court papers as TSE.
The alleged breach comes amid heightened scrutiny of gagging orders such as injunctions and so-called super-injunctions - court orders that prevent the media from revealing even the fact that an injunction has been granted.
The committee's report said super-injunctions were now being granted for "short periods" and only where "secrecy is necessary".
However, he warned that modern technology was "totally out of control" and society should consider other ways to bring Twitter and other websites under control.
So some footballer cheats on his wife and gets the right for a super-injunctions because he needs secrecy. Somehow I thought those injunctions are reserved for serious matter, and not for some random adulterer. Unlike that judge, I'd say that the legal system is out of control (I'm not going to mention patent trolls and the entertainment industry) if it seriously considers gagging a public medium. Something that won't really work anyway, see China.