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The British High Court is permitting an injunction to be served to an anonymous user on microblogging site Twitter.

The user, who has been posing as right-wing political blogger Donal Blaney of website Blaney's Blarney, is accused to breaching Blaney's copyright.

Blaney, who felt the content appearing on Twitter under his name was "mildly objectionable," approached the courts to find out whether an injunction could be served via the social network — as opposed to contacting Twitter headquarters in California and entrusting them with managing the issue.

Under UK law, injunctions can be served via fax or email, as well as other non-in-person means. Legal counsel Danvers Baillieu, who specializes in technology, also said the court can be approached about any method of serving injunctions if traditional means are unavailable, reports the BBC.

"The rules already allow for electronic service of some documents, so that they can be sent by e-mail, and it should also be possible to use social networks," he stated.

This is thought to be the first time Twitter has been used to serve a court order. Last year, however, a judge in Australia permitted a lawyer to serve a lien notice via Facebook.