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A Twitter user in the United Kingdom has been posting under the name of right-wing political blogger Donal Blaney. Perhaps he or she should’ve picked someone who wasn’t as familiar with the law — since the real Blaney’s a lawyer. His firm delivered what BBC News said is the first court order ever served over Twitter at 7:30 p.m. British Standard Time.

Though I haven’t seen the order, I’m assuming it’s longer than 140 characters. So Griffin Law sent a direct message to the faux Blaney with a link to the full text. The BBC said the order says that the impersonator is breaching Blaney’s copyright, must reveal his or her identity, delete all posts from the account and stop posting as Blaney.

Though delivering a court order over Twitter may seem sort of groundbreaking, the laws in the United Kingdom permit delivery of orders via e-mail or fax.

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