A new Twitter account claiming to expose secret lives of Hollywood celebrities, particularly their extra-marital affairs, went viral a few hours after it was launched.

The page, which was launched against celebrities who have taken out injunctions, generated 30,000 followers a few hours after it was posted. The account can be read by anyone and claims to be an attempt to get around court orders that aims to gag the media from exposing extra-marital affairs of famous celebrities.

Followers are also spreading rumours about the account and are encouraging friends to follow the page on the microblogging site.

The account, which was set up on Sunday contained messages, which some claim have major inaccuracies, including a false claim that Jemima Khan, a famous socialite and campaigner, had prevented the publication of her pictures with another individual.

Khan posted on her Twitter account, "OMG - Rumour that I have a super injunction preventing publication of 'intimate' photos of me and ****** NOT TRUE!"

The new account also raises question over the effectiveness of court-sanctioned injunctions requested by the rich and the famous to protect their privacy, when rumours against them can spread quickly using social media.

Some rich and famous have taken out super-injunctions which bans media from even mentioning that an injunction have been taken out. A number of celebrities have taken out such super-injunctions in recent months.

BBC journalist Andrew Marr admitted in April that he took out a super-injunction to prevent details of his affair with a fellow journalist.

Last week, a player from a Premier League team was granted an injunction to hide from his wife his affair with an 18-year-old model.