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www.pressgazette.co.uk 2 August 2012
Online
Backlash over US
bid to sue tweeter
BY ANDREW PUGH
PICTURE: REUTERS
Northcliffe is facing mounting criticism
over its handling of the `Dorkland' spoof
Twitter account ridiculing its chief
executive Steve Auckland, including its
decision to pursue the case in the US
instead of the UK.
It comes after Twitter this week
confirmed it will not be revealing
the identity of the spoof blogger to
Northcliffe after the individual filed a
legal defence in the US.
Leading media lawyer Christopher
Hutchings told Press Gazette that if the
company had taken action in the UK its
“prospects of getting an order requiring
disclosure of contact details of the alleged
wrongdoer by Twitter would be much
greater”.
“The court here will often requi
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