Twitter told to hand over UK account details

Twitter has been ordered to hand over confidential details of five British users in what could become a landmark case.

The US-based microblogging site bowed to pressure from three councillors and an official at South Tyneside council who claimed they had been libelled in tweets.
They took their legal case to America to unmask the anonymous individual behind the messages, who described themselves as "Mr Monkey".
Now a judge in California has ordered the site's bosses to reveal the details of five Twitter accounts.
It is believed to be the first time the social networking site has been forced to provide details about users in the UK.