Twitter Dublin should reveal account holder behind defamatory posts, Benfica Football Club claims

Benfica says account posted a number of allegedly defamatory statements, including allegations of financial and other impropriety against Benfica, High Court hears

When a second request was made to Twitter for the identity of the account holder to be revealed and again not provided, Benfica brought High Court proceedings in Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins 

Twitter's European headquarters in Dublin is being asked to reveal the identity of an account holder who has tweeted allegedly defamatory information about Benfica Football Club of Lisbon, Portugal, the High Court has heard.

Sport Lisboa E Benfica-Futebol, Sociedade Anonima Desportiva, the owners and operators of SL Benfica, Portugal’s most successful club, have brought proceedings in Dublin against Twitter International Unlimited Co seeking orders revealing the identity of the person or persons behind the account.