Anonymous tweeter abusing Thomas Cook could face jail
An anonymous online tweeter waging an abusive campaign against Thomas Cook has been served a high court order via Twitter, threatening him with jail.
Twitter account, @TCXrated, became a centre for complaints about the company, hosting "a number of unsavoury posts" and revealing "confidential internal memoranda and trade information," London’s High Court heard.
In one of the first cases of its kind, Mr Justice Singh has granted an injunction, reports the Daily Telegraph, which will be served via Twitter.
It could see the culprit face jail if he doesn’t reveal his name and address and stop "berating the company in alleged breach of confidence and his employment contract".
Thomas Cook is desperate to find out the identity of the person, or persons, hiding behind the account and strongly suspects @TCXrated is a rogue employee.
Matthew Richardson, for Thomas Cook Airlines Ltd, told the judge: "The nature of the posts gives us reason to suspect that @TCXrated is an employee and thus acting in breach of his contract of employment.
"@TCXrated has deliberately sought to remain anonymous while operating the Twitter account to the detriment of Thomas Cook.
"The damage is ongoing and continues to damage Thomas Cook’s goodwill and reveal confidential commercial material," the barrister said.
Mr Justice Singh granted the injunction and approved the unorthodox means of serving it via the social networking site.
He attached a penal notice to the order, warning @TCXrated: "If you disobey this order you may be held in contempt of court, and may be fined, imprisoned or have your assets seized."
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