Celebrity threesome injunction sees Twitter send warning emails to those who name PJS and YMA online

People who have named the celebrities known by the initials PJS and YMA have received warning emails from Twitter.

A superinjuntion is in place that prevents the naming of the couple, one of whom is said to have been involved in a threesome with two other people known as AB and CD.

While the identities of all parties are well-known throughout the world, the superinjunction prevents them from being named in much of the UK. The couple have already been named in a Scottish newspaper as well as in the US and online, but Twitter is now jumping on users to silence them and get them to comply with the law.

The Telegraph reports that Twitter has sent emails to a number of users who have publicly named the couple at the center of the case. It's not clear if the people who have been contacted are only in parts of the UK covered by the injunction -- Twitter won't say -- but they are being asked to remove the offending tweets (interestingly, Twitter is not simply deleting them). The email -- which comes the day after a Supreme Court ruling that the injunction should remain in place -- reads:

The complainant requests that the following tweet, allegedly in violation of local law in the UK, be removed immediately from your account.

Please confirm whether you will voluntarily comply with the request.

With the names so widely known online, it could be argued that the couple -- and Twitter -- are fighting a losing battle. But Twitter is duty bound to comply with the laws of the countries in which it operates, even if that is nonsensical or at odds with what happens elsewhere in the world.

We contacted Twitter for comment and clarification, but didn't hear back much in response. In an email to BetaNews, the company said:

We do not comment on individual accounts, or ongoing legal issues, for privacy and security reasons.

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