Serious slander or libeled:: try a lawsuit

Potential Legal Challenges to Anonymity

A common misconception is that you cannot be sued for blogging or posting material anonymously or pseudonymously because your identity is forever hidden. In fact, there are legal procedures that individuals, companies, and the government can use to discover the identity of an anonymous or pseudonymous online speaker under certain circumstances.

In the civil litigation context, the legal system provides for a kind of lawsuit called a "John Doe" lawsuit, in which a plaintiff sues an unknown defendant -- for example, an anonymous blogger who allegedly libeled the plaintiff or revealed the plaintiff's confidential information. These suits may also be called "Jane Doe" or "Jean Doe" suits if it appears that the anonymous defendant is female. Once a party has filed a John Doe lawsuit, the rules of court procedure give the plaintiff tools to uncover the defendant's identity.

Potential Legal Challenges to Anonymity

A common misconception is that you cannot be sued for blogging or posting material anonymously or pseudonymously because your identity is forever hidden. In fact, there are legal procedures that individuals, companies, and the government can use to discover the identity of an anonymous or pseudonymous online speaker under certain circumstances.

In the civil litigation context, the legal system provides for a kind of lawsuit called a "John Doe" lawsuit, in which a plaintiff sues an unknown defendant -- for example, an anonymous blogger who allegedly libeled the plaintiff or revealed the plaintiff's confidential information. These suits may also be called "Jane Doe" or "Jean Doe" suits if it appears that the anonymous defendant is female. Once a party has filed a John Doe lawsuit, the rules of court procedure give the plaintiff tools to uncover the defendant's identity.


LUBE go hire David Singer.

The link provides information on how to protect yourself from these types of lawsuits. Knoweldge is power! :shock: :evil:


http://cyberslapp.org/about/page.cfm?pageid=7

Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation – and their ideas from suppression – at the hand of an intolerant society.

The history of anonymous political free speech in America dates back to our founding. The seminal essays found in “The Federalist Papers” were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay under the nom de plume of “Publius” although this was not confirmed until a list of authorship complied by Hamilton was posthumously released to the public.

The right to anonymous political free speech has been addressed by the Supreme Court; most notably in the cases of Talley v. California, 362 U.S. 60 (1960) and McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 514 U.S. 334 (1995).

Political speech and ideas is protected. Slander is not.

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Political speech and ideas is protected. Slander is not.

Slander is the spoken word. If it is printed, then it would be libel.

If you think a post on this board is libelous, then I implore you to click on the "Report this Post" Button that is available on every single post. It is the one that looks like a Yield Sign with an Exclamation Point inside it.

I increased the number of moderators on this board to 4 to help clean it up. So if you report a post, it should be taken care of within 24 hours. The moderators are all volunteers and they don't have time to read every post. That is why it is so important that you report any post that you feel violates the Terms of Use.

Thanks,

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