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Court ignores trend on anonymous comments
An Illinois newspaper must disclose the identity of an anonymous reader who posted allegedly defamatory comments on its website, a…Categorized in Libel and Privacy -
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State high court extends media protection to mortgage website
The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Thursday reaffirmed that a website covering the mortgage industry has the same First Amendment…Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials -
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Media mull the future of anonymous Web site commenting
Major media outlets are questioning to what extent their online components should allow anonymous commenting in the future, The New…Categorized in Libel and Privacy -
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Judge outed as anonymous commenter sues Cleveland newspaper
An Ohio judge on Wednesday sued the newspaper that outed her as an anonymous Web site commenter for $50 million,…Categorized in Libel and Privacy -
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Ohio newspaper voluntarily reveals anonymous blogger
A Cleveland newspaper unmasked the identity of an anonymous commenter who posted personal attacks on newspaper employees on the paper's…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Judge quashes subpoena to unmask anonymous commenters
A New York judge yesterday granted Straus Newspapers' motion to quash a prosecutors' subpoena that sought the identities of anonymous…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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New York paper fights website commenter subpoena
A New York newspaper is engaged in a battle to quash a grand jury subpoena for the identities of some…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Death threats spur release of web commenter's identity
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported today that it complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for information about a single…Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials -
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Web sites with anonymous comments denied university press passes
A recent story on a football game in the INDenver Times highlighted a Colorado University press policy that limits which…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Blogger may not have to reveal identities of anonymous commenters
A California trial court judge last week declined to order a blogger to reveal the identities of anonymous commenters that…Categorized in Newsgathering