Dr Angelo Bottone secures order over alleged defamatory tweets

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Dr Angelo Bottone secured a High Court order over alleged defamatory tweets on 10 December 2018. The tweets, posted in October 2017, were claimed by Dr Bottone to be untrue and defamatory, and were not removed from Twitter.

The order directed Twitter International Company to disclose information about the account holder @ElodieBurke, whom Dr Bottone intends to sue. Twitter denied responsibility for the tweets and indicated it would rely on the defence of innocent publication. The issue of legal costs was reserved.