The end of anonymous trolling?
http://www.feministing.com/archives/017322.html
A Manhattan judge ruled yesterday that a blogger can't hide behind a web of anonymity while flinging the ugly words "skank" and "ho" at somebody online.more, and a cute picture, here
The sternly worded ruling orders Google to give up the identity of an anonymous blogger-assailant who inexplicably devoted an entire blog -- titled "Skanks in NYC" -- to maligning beautiful blond model Liskula Cohen.
Once Cohen knows the name of her harasser, she can serve them with a defamation suit.
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wow. I wonder what kind of precedent the verdict will set.
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wow. I wonder what kind of precedent the verdict will set.
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Boygabriel wrote: wow. I wonder what kind of precedent the verdict will set.
A ho lot of them I bet. -
Boygabriel wrote: wow. I wonder what kind of precedent the verdict will set.
A ho lot of them I bet. -
a ho-cedent?
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a ho-cedent?
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a ho-cedent?
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Certainly it won't lead to the end of anonymous trolling, since most trolling doesn't involve dedicating a website to disparaging a particular individual.
Trolling lives on!
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