I almost feel the need to retire from both the law and the internet after reading this article.
Apparently, the UK High Court has just approved its first injunction via Twitter. That’s right. Twitter. That Twitter. The mind-numbing website with a 140 character limit. The site that has singlehandedly made the internet a little less valuable.
Someone on Twitter was alleged to have been impersonating a right-wing blogger. They were, in essence, doing so anonymously. To combat this, and to allow effective service of a court writ, the High Court has allowed service by a tweet.
Andre Walker at Griffin Law said the anonymous Tweeter targeted by the writ will get a message from the High Court the next time they open their online account.
"Whoever they are, they will be told to stop posting, to remove previous posts and to identify themselves to the High Court via a web link form," he said.
I wonder how well this works. It’s now not uncommon for lawyers in Canada to use Facebook to effect service, but somehow I find that much less absurd than Twitter. But maybe that’s just me.
[Source: Yahoo! News]
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