fiannaFailMan writes:
British Member of Parliament Paul Farrelly had tabled (posed) a Parliamentary question about the oil traders Trafigura and its solicitors (lawyers) Carter-Ruck. London-based Trafigura is an oil trader connected with dumping toxic waste in Ivory Coast in 2006. A court injunction then prevented The Guardian newspaper from identifying the MP who had asked the question, what the question was, which minister might answer it, or where the question was to be found. In a twist the paper described as "Kafka-esque", it was also banned from telling its readers why it had been banned from doing so. But the story soon leaked out via Twitter and the gagging order was lifted after the lawyers dropped their claim. The BBC reports:The social networking site Twitter was soon awash with posts deploring a threat to media freedom and the reporting of Parliament.... And the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg tweeted: "Really pleased Guardian ban has been lifted. This is a victory for freedom of speech and online activism".
The Guardian notes that after the blogosphere jumped on the bandwagon,the mainstream media caught up, with The Spectator pushing the story.