A Belfast solicitor has obtained a High Court order which compels social media platform X to reveal the identity behind an anonymous account holder who allegedly defamed him.
Kevin Winters issued proceedings against the company, formerly known as Twitter, in a bid to obtain information on who operated the now disbanded ‘Malachy O’ account.
The legal action relates to postings about retired garda officers turned whistleblowers and others critical of gardaí.
Mr Winters claims the same anonymous account has also targeted his own legal practice.
It was suggested that it may have been controlled by someone with links to members of An Garda Síochána.
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