There are those who think Twitter is one of the greatest marketing tools of the new millennium. Then there are those who think Twitter is just a useless time-wasting medium for pointless babble. But how about Twitter as a means of serving a court order?
The British High Court, relying on British law that allows injunctions to be served by just about any available means, is allowing a plaintiff to serve an injunction through Twitter. The intended recipient of the injunction is a Twitter user who has, according to the plaintiff’s claim, been posing as the plaintiff on Twitter. The plaintiff wants to serve an injunction on this “tweeter” to demand that he stop impersonating the plaintiff and to reveal his true identity. At the plaintiff’s request, the British High Court is allowing the injunction to be served via Twitter.
Last year, an Australian judge allowed a lien notice to be served via Facebook. One can only imagine what might be next. Lawsuits and subpoenas being served on a corporation via its Facebook page? Collection agencies harassing debtors with multiple tweets?
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