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The High Court tried to explain how Twitter works and it’s a complete mind-f*ck

John Plunkett. Updated March 10th, 2017

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As part of Jack Monroe’s £24,000 libel win against Mail Online columnist Katie Hopkins the High Court spent a few paragraphs trying to explain how Twitter works.

It was supposed to help in the case, which involved tweets sent by Hopkins to Monroe except, even to people who use it, it makes it sound completely nuts.

@jimwaterson @townsendoutdoor Ahhh! That’s how it works

— Ian Barnard (@Mr_ian_B) March 10, 2017

READ MORE Click here for how Twitter reacted to Katie Hopkins’ libel defeat

Source: @jimwaterson

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