Twitter must do more than conduct “a reasonable search” to find those behind comments on an account which a former Fianna Fáil TD says were designed to do him maximum professional damage, the High Court has ruled. He first sought orders against Twitter International Company and Facebook Ireland Ltd so he can identify the poster(s). Otherwise, counsel said, the parties may be back before the court arguing over the definition of what a reasonable search was. The judge said the appropriate order was the one sought by Mr O’Rourke’s counsel and she was satisfied to make an order in those terms. She said the information must be delivered to Mr O’Rourke’s side 21 days of her order.

Source: The Irish Times December 04, 2020 16:18 UTC