The Sunday Herald, a newspaper in Scotland, has pictured and named the footballer allegedly linked to a "superinjunction" by users on Twitter.

Its front-page features the face of the accused footballer, his eyes covered by a black-bar with the words "censored" across it.

A footballer with a privacy injunction prohibiting name-publication, is involved in proceedings against former Miss Wales and ex-UK Big Brother contestant Imogen Thomas, along with The Sun newspaper.

The alleged footballer's identity has been freely bandied around on social networking site Twitter, which has led to requests by lawyers to find out the identities of those who have posted his name.

The newspaper says it took extensive legal advice and went ahead with publication on the grounds that the injunction only applies to England and no copies of the paper are available for sale out of Scotland. The paper says it is not accusing the player of misdeed and they are only participating in the debate over the freedom of information in a growing internet-based society.

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