MP Natalie McGarry has re-emerged on Twitter after disappearing from public view when being threatened with potential legal action by JK Rowling.

Her publicly unrestricted Twitter re-emergence came on Saturday with the words: "Twitter updated. *heads back to the real world* ;-)"

But nearly all the independent Glasgow East MP's historical tweets are now no longer available, including her messages in the online spat with the Harry Potter author.

The Herald: Cowdenbeath by-election candidate Natalie McGarry in Inverkeithing. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday January 10, 2014. See PA story SCOTLAND Cowdenbeath. Photo credit should read: David Cheskin/PA Wire. (54264126)

The MP'sTwitter feed was hidden from public view two weeks ago six hours after the row with JK Rowling began. Twitter messages stated that only confirmed followers could have access.

JK Rowling had talked about potential legal action after after Ms McGarry accused the Harry Potter author of supporting a “misogynist Twitter troll”.

The Herald:

The author's agent is said to have written to Ms McGarry seeking an apology and a charitable donation.

The writer repeatedly challenged the MP to explain how she has "defended misogyny and abuse" and demanded an apology in a social media row that lasted six hours.

The Herald:

Ms McGarry later apologised for "any misguided inference" that Ms Rowling supported misogyny or abuse.

But she subsequently retweeted an image that had been altered to wrongly suggest Ms Rowling had responded "you're a good man" to an offensive tweet sent by a Tweeter operating anonymously.

The Herald:

The "good man" tweet was actually in response to the same Tweeter in response to him saying he had helped to raise money for Ms Rowling's children's charity Lumos.

The offensive tweet from the anonymous Tweeter said: "Imagine a p***k. Then multiply said p***k by the power of c**t, smear it in diarrhea and decorate with Eck's pu**s."

The Herald:

The author accused Ms McGarry of producing “false evidence” made up of a cut and paste picture of a number of social media interactions to justify the allegation.

In the heated Twitter row told Ms McGarry: "Is it your view that if person A interacts with person B on Twitter, they must be 'supportive' of B's every tweet?."

At the end of the Twitter row, Ms Rowling indicated she was considering legal action against the MP, tweeting: "You don't appear to understand how Twitter or defamation works. I'm going to help you out with the latter."

The Herald:

She also said that damages would go to the Lumos.

It was later made clear that the Harry Potter author would not be pursuing Ms McGarry through the courts for now.

A spokesman for the author said: "At present J.K. Rowling is not taking legal action against Natalie McGarry. Instead, her agent has written to Ms McGarry spelling out the consequences of defamation on Twitter, and requesting an apology and a donation to JK Rowling’s children’s charity, Lumos."

It is not yet clear whether their dispute has become resolved.

The Herald:

Ms McGarry's online accusations came about after she discovered Ms Rowling conversing with the anonymous tweeter who the MP claimed was a troll. The tweeter was also being followed on Twitter by the author.

Ms McGarry resigned the SNP party whip last November after police named her as part of their investigation into allegations that £30,000 of donations had gone missing from WFI. Ms McGarry, who co-founded WFI in 2012, denied any wrongdoing.