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26.11.12

Dawn of the Twibel – how safe is it to tweet?

It remains to be seen how many individuals Lord McAlpine will pursue for tweets falsely linking him to allegations of child abuse. Press reports suggest that he may seek damages from 20 high profile tweeters. However, his lawyers RMPI solicitors have indicated that they have a list of up to 10,000 Twitter users (‘tweeters’), who ‘tweeted’ or…