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Using London-based law firm Schillings as an advisor, action has been undertaken by the footballer against Twitter in an attempt to obtain information on some of the users involved in naming Giggs. A blogger for Forbes magazine remarked: "Giggs has not heard of the Streisand effect", observing that mentions of his name had significantly increased after the case against Twitter had been reported in the news. Peter Preston, former editor of The Guardian, compared the CTB situation to the Spycatcher affair of the s, in which Peter Wrights book had been openly on sale in Australia and other countries, despite being banned in the UK.

The headquarters of Twitter are in San Francisco, and legal experts pointed out the difficulties in suing in a United States court, where First Amendment protection applies to freedom of speech. London-based lawyer James Quartermaine commented:" Twitter will probably just ignore it and consider it to be offensive to their First Amendment rights.

The paper added in its editorial column, "Today we identify the footballer whose name has been linked to a court superinjunction by thousands of postings on Twitter. Because we believe it is unsustainable that the law can be used to prevent newspapers from publishing information that readers can access on the internet at the click of a mouse. Whether the allegations against him are true or not has no relevance to this debate.

The issue is one of freedom of information and of a growing argument in favour of more restrictive privacy laws. Giggs lawyers had not applied for an interdict injunction at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. Sunday Herald editor Richard Walker indicated to the BBC that the Herald was not sold in England or Wales, and added that the footballers name and photo were exclusive to the print edition and had not been posted on the newspapers website.

He argued that "the courts duty remains to try and protect the claimant, and particularly his family, from intrusion and harassment so long as it can. A second attempt by The Sun to overturn the injunction later in the day was rejected by Mr Justice Tugendhat, who argued "this is not about secrecy, this is about intrusion.

On 15 December , Mr Justice Eady accepted that Thomas had not attempted to blackmail the footballer known as CTB, and suggested "There is no longer any point in maintaining the anonymity. Hugh Tomlinson QC, acting for Giggs, said that his client was claiming damages from The Sun for the subsequent re-publication of information in other newspapers and on the Internet.

We didnt intend to identify him. On the damages for publication, it is dead in the water, this case. Create my newsfeed. Open journalism No news is bad news Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you.

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A platform helping fund the type of in-depth journalism that the public wants to see. You can now officially name Ryan Giggs as the superinjunction footballer The Manchester United midfielder consents in court to being named as the footballer behind an injunction obtained last year. We behaved entirely properly.

We gave advance notice of what we were doing. We gave an opportunity to seek an injunction. Short URL. About the author:. Gavan Reilly. See more articles by Gavan Reilly. Contribute to this story: Leave a Comment.

Send a Correction. Read next:. Embed this post. Your Email. Recipient's Email. Your Feedback. David Cameron has written a letter to Mr Whittingdale, recommending the setting up of a new body.

Earlier on Monday, the prime minister told ITV1's Daybreak that banning newspapers from naming such stars while the information was widely available on the internet was both "unsustainable" and "unfair". In another case brought by a separate footballer, known to the court as TSE, a High Court judge ruled on Monday that comments on Twitter about the private life of a famous person did not mean there should be no injunction preventing newspapers from publishing stories about him.

Midfielder Ryan Giggs, 37, is Manchester United's most senior player, having appeared in games. He celebrated with the team at Old Trafford on Sunday as they were crowned English league champions for a record 19th time, and is expected to be in the squad to face Barcelona in Saturday's European Champions League final at Wembley.

The player, who made 64 appearances for Wales before retiring from international football in , was awarded an OBE that year. Breaking super-injunctions. Profile: Ryan Giggs. Profile: Imogen Thomas.