Twitter reveals Trafigura question
Date: 19 October 2009
Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7389
Categories: News
An online Twitter campaign has thwarted an attempt to gag the media from reporting an MP’s question.
An online Twitter campaign has thwarted an attempt to gag the media from reporting an MP’s question.
Law firm Carter-Ruck, representing oil trading firm Trafigura, had insisted that an injunction obtained against the Guardian prevented it from reporting a question tabled by Paul Farrelly MP.
However, details of the question were posted on the social networking site Twitter, leading Carter-Ruck to withdraw its gagging attempt.
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