The truth is already out there: Twitter users thwart oil company’s attempt to gag media

LONDON — Bloggers and Twitter users thwarted a legal attempt Tuesday to stop Britain’s media from reporting the questions posed by a lawmaker in a parliamentary debate, spotlighting the power of new media to influence public policy.

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  • MediaStorm Gag on Guardian reporting MP's Trafigura question lifted | guardian.co.uk https://ow.ly/udLz -eric
  • edwardclarke Burns, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of consciousness & death: Minton report https://tr.im/BGm3 #trafigura
  • tobesking So I've had 'Trafigura' tattooed to my buttocks so that they can get the credit every time I dump my toxic load. #Trafigura
  • rougeforever Not seen email or twitter all day - so very interested in this Guardian gag stuff #trafigura @mrhig has given me the low-down
  • andrewgerrard This kind of crowdsourced Twitter power, re. #Trafigura, needs to be a) recognised for what it is within its context and b) used responsibly
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  • madamedupin Outrageous gagging order. https://tr.im/BCA2 in reference to the Trafigura oil dumping scandal. https://tr.im/BCAm (via @stephenfry)
  • Silverlush Given the success of the power of Twitter against Carter-Ruck & Trafigura, i wonder how long it will be before social networks are censored.
  • chrispreston Anyone else think #Trafigura should also be embarrassed by their stupid, hard-to-say name? It will hardly trip off the tongue in court.

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  • mediastorm Gag on Guardian reporting MP's Trafigura question lifted | guardian.co.uk https://ow.ly/udLz -eric
  • epponuman RT @noreenahertz: In the age of the tweet there is nowhere to hide.Trafigura now must face its crimes https://bit.ly/l6Grx
  • appleinvestor There's nowhere to hide if your name trends on Twitter. Is there ...
  • gerrard This kind of crowdsourced Twitter power, re. #Trafigura, needs to be a) recognised for what it is within its context and b) used responsibly
  • fabioa wikileaks: Lawcast podcast on the #trafigura toxic waste gag https://bit.ly/1Z0eO5
  • nemdil Abdelaziz Nemdil Trafigura gag attempt unites house in protest guardian.co.uk: guardi.. https://nemdil.org/p=5432
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  • dudeman718 RT Twitter can't be gagged: online outcry over Guardian/Trafigura order https://buzzup.com/faob (via @buzzup)
  • jpf Congratulations Trafigura, winner of the October 13, 2009 Streisand effect award!
  • paulbeattie @EthicalMan I thought the BBC pushed the use of Twitter quite a bit On a side note loved your Ethical Man adventures + NN trafigura in May
  • dcrad alas, this is just the start when the gov. are putting gagging orders on the "free" press when oil is mentioned #trafigura #carterruck
  • rubywhite https://bit.ly/192D1W Twitter. The real-time web passed its test today.
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  • cleverclogs While the Guardian could be prevented from reporting, Twitter couldn't: Trafigura was the most used word on micro-blogging site this morningTrafigura, a...
  • cleverclogs Attempt by oil firm to prevent British press reporting on the activities of Parliament is abandoned after Twitter uprising.
  • gerrard RT @DarenBBC: #NewsNight will cover #Trafigura & #CarterRuck story tonight #BBC2 10.30pm. Lawyers trying to gag press and Parliament.
  • carondelet1 RT @greatdismal: RT @catherine_mayer Here's why we should color our avatars sludge brown: https://tinyurl.com/ykecvus #carter-ruck #trafigura
  • robmadden #News Trafigura question shows that our free press is at risk https://bit.ly/iGttb #Politics #Telegraph
  • joakimnilsen Social media turns toxic avenger for The Guardian: https://bit.ly/14SUc9 #climate #trafigura
  • plaggypig RT @wikileaks Lawcast podcast on the #trafigura toxic waste gag https://bit.ly/1Z0eO5
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