Former reality TV star Imogen Thomas is facing legal action from "CTB"
The Sunday Herald is the first mainstream UK publication to do this.
Its front page has an image of a man whose eyes are covered with a black bar which features the word "censored".
It
comes after Twitter users reacted to a footballer's bid to find out who
is putting information about him on the website by posting new messages
online.
The
player, who an injunction says can only be identified as CTB, is
involved in proceedings against former Miss Wales and ex-Big Brother
star Imogen Thomas and the Sun newspaper.
'Unsustainable' In
recent weeks there has been heightened scrutiny of gagging orders such
as injunctions and so-called super-injunctions - court orders that
prevent the media from revealing even the fact that an injunction has
been granted.
In
its editorial explaining the move, the Scottish Herald said it named
the sportsman being linked to the injunction on Twitter because it was
"unsustainable" for newspapers to be prevented from sharing information
which is easily available on the internet.
It
said: "We should point out immediately that we are not accusing the
footballer concerned of any misdeed. Whether the allegations against him
are true or not has no relevance to this debate.
"The issue is one of freedom of information and of a growing argument in favour of more restrictive privacy laws."
The paper also says the injunction "holds no legal force in Scotland, where a separate court order is needed".
As
of 1430 BST on Sunday the Herald's website was not carrying the name of
the footballer or the picture used on the front page of its printed
newspaper.
'Out of control'
There
has been widespread speculation on social media websites in recent days
naming high profile individuals who have allegedly used the English
courts to protect their identities.
On
Sunday it emerged that the attorney general is being asked to consider
prosecuting a journalist who allegedly broke a privacy order on Twitter.
The unnamed writer allegedly named a footballer, who is accused of having an affair, known in court papers as TSE.
The attorney general's office said it would "consider the matter carefully" but had not yet received the request.
On
Friday, the findings of a year-long inquiry by a committee of judges
and lawyers into the use of injunctions and so-called super-injunctions
were revealed.
The committee's report said super-injunctions were now being granted for "short periods" and only where "secrecy is necessary".
Committee
chairman Lord Neuberger, who is the most senior civil judge in England
and Wales, said the internet "does add to difficulties of enforcement at
the moment".
He
said the internet had "by no means the same degree of intrusion into
privacy as the story being emblazoned on the front pages of newspapers",
which "people trust more".
However,
he warned that modern technology was "totally out of control" and
society should consider other ways to bring Twitter and other websites
under control.
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