There’s been a lot of talk recently about these super-injunctions got in court by celebrities to protect news organisations publishing scandalous details of their private lives.
The first question is one of public interest, is it right for newspapers to publish sordid details of a celeb having an affair?
Newspapers will say yes, they live their lives in public and shouldn’t be able to shut out something that people will be interested in.
The celebs, and seemingly the courts, think they should be able to do what they like in their private lives and not be hounded by the vultures of the press.
If we didn’t live in a shallow-celeb obsessed world then it probably wouldn’t matter, but we do and everyone (including me to a point) wants to know whether their favourite singer/actress/footballer is indulging in a bit of extra curricular activity behind their doting partner’s back.
The injunctions are super-secret, the papers often aren’t even allowed to publish they have been taken out.
The problem is in this day and age, social networks like Twitter are rife with gossip.
Just this week, an account was set up naming the celebs with injunctions.
How long it lasts is another story, but it’s out there.
Likewise, all the national papers know who they are, and they tell their friends, who put thinly disguised hints on Twitter.
Can you police Twitter?
I would assume it’s a civil matter, perhaps a hotshot lawyer could spend their days searching for people spilling the beans on Twitter, but it’s hardly a cast iron way of doing things.
The good thing is, MPs don’t like these superinjunctions any more than the public do and moves are in place to review whether they should be allowed at all.
The fact is, celebs know the way the national papers are and some, like Jordan/Katie Price, are fine operators who maximise the celebrity obsession to its full potential.
The short answer is, if you’re in the public eye, try to keep it in your trousers, as with technology the way it is, you’ll do bloody well to hide your dirty little secrets.
EDIT: As if to prove my point, this post got 174 views in about four hours when I put it up yesterday. I’ve got no doubt most of them would’ve been from people searching for the identities of the celebs involved.
Sadly, themultifarious.com does not have access to the finest lawyers in the land, so cannot reveal who they are.
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Global gossip network makes superinjnctions particularly un-super
In Comment, Multifarious, News, Politics on May 9, 2011 at 6:35 pmThere’s been a lot of talk recently about these super-injunctions got in court by celebrities to protect news organisations publishing scandalous details of their private lives.
The first question is one of public interest, is it right for newspapers to publish sordid details of a celeb having an affair?
Newspapers will say yes, they live their lives in public and shouldn’t be able to shut out something that people will be interested in.
The celebs, and seemingly the courts, think they should be able to do what they like in their private lives and not be hounded by the vultures of the press.
If we didn’t live in a shallow-celeb obsessed world then it probably wouldn’t matter, but we do and everyone (including me to a point) wants to know whether their favourite singer/actress/footballer is indulging in a bit of extra curricular activity behind their doting partner’s back.
The injunctions are super-secret, the papers often aren’t even allowed to publish they have been taken out.
The problem is in this day and age, social networks like Twitter are rife with gossip.
Just this week, an account was set up naming the celebs with injunctions.
How long it lasts is another story, but it’s out there.
Likewise, all the national papers know who they are, and they tell their friends, who put thinly disguised hints on Twitter.
Can you police Twitter?
I would assume it’s a civil matter, perhaps a hotshot lawyer could spend their days searching for people spilling the beans on Twitter, but it’s hardly a cast iron way of doing things.
The good thing is, MPs don’t like these superinjunctions any more than the public do and moves are in place to review whether they should be allowed at all.
The fact is, celebs know the way the national papers are and some, like Jordan/Katie Price, are fine operators who maximise the celebrity obsession to its full potential.
The short answer is, if you’re in the public eye, try to keep it in your trousers, as with technology the way it is, you’ll do bloody well to hide your dirty little secrets.
EDIT: As if to prove my point, this post got 174 views in about four hours when I put it up yesterday. I’ve got no doubt most of them would’ve been from people searching for the identities of the celebs involved.
Sadly, themultifarious.com does not have access to the finest lawyers in the land, so cannot reveal who they are.
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