Now love rat football star plans to sue TWITTER in latest farce over injunction against former lover Imogen Thomas

A Premier League footballer yesterday launched a legal bid to silence Twitter and those who use it.

The footballer - who has obtained an injunction of confidentiality on his adultery with Big Brother Imogen Thomas candidate - was among those on the social media site earlier this month.

His name has already been the subject of intense speculation on the Internet and has been published in several countries.

His revolutionary legal action was the same day as the top judges sought to strengthen privacy laws, and even threatened to stop MPs and Lords to discuss the gag orders of Parliament.

The action of the footballer will test whether judges determined to censor the British newspapers can also gag the electronic media and those who post illegal information on them.

It also raises the question whether Twitter, which is based in San Francisco and has no basis in the United Kingdom may be brought to heel by the British courts.

The offer to pursue a site Gossip is unprecedented and is yet another attempt to extend the power of integrated protection laws by English judges on the back of the Act on Human Rights.

However, the lawyers ask how someone whose private life is still technically protected by the courts can continue on his private life was lost.