Twitter fires up privacy debate in Britain

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Twitter has found itself in the middle of a fierce debate in Britain about privacy and press freedom. Judges in England have been granting gag orders against the traditional media – including one concerning a prominent soccer player and his alleged affair. The injunction prohibits the media from identifying him or reporting the story. Twitter users though, have named him – over and over again. Laura Lynch reports on the legal and political fallout. Download MP3

Twitter’s super-injunction surge

Twitter campaign

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In an historic case of internet people power, Twitter users were able to bypass lawyers’ attempts in Britain to stop the Guardian newspaper’s coverage of a major scandal. We talk with writer and fundraiser Richard Wilson who started the Twitter thread. Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• Guardian coverage of twitter thread
• Richard Wilson’s Twitter feed