Thursday, May 26

Twitter in Europe warns users from violating the privacy rules

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Twitter in Europe warns users from violating the privacy rules


Warned Tony Wang, president of the new social networking site Twitter in Europe that users who violate gagging orders issued by the British courts to protect the privacy ofcelebrities from the publication may be sued in the United Kingdom.

Wang said that those who commit "bad acts" would be for them to defend themselves.
He pointed out that Twitter will be submitted to the authorities information about any userin the case of whether such information is required "to justice. "

It is known that there are a number of lawyers engaged in legal battles with Twitter toreveal the names of employees who violate the gagging orders issued by the Britishcourts.

The British MP John Hemming has used his parliamentary immunity in the detection ofthe football player in Manchester United's Ryan Giggs is the owner of the Astsdrhgagging order from the court to protect details of its relationship with one of the ladies.But before that was the name of Giggs has been speculated a lot in Twitter.

In response to a question from the BBC on the sidelines of a meeting of Eight countriesin Paris, said Wang, "The sites do not bear the responsibility to protect the user, butalso preserving the right of that user in the defense of himself. "

Wang declined to comment on the issue of Giggs directly, but stressed that Twitter will abide by local laws concerning the provision of user data if so requested, but said thatthe site will notify the individuals involved in those requests by the authorities.

He warned that if it came to the court yard, the officials for the violation of the law "will have to defend themselves. "