Note: This page covers information specific to Texas. For general information concerning legal protections for anonymous speech see the Legal Protections for Anonymous Speech section of this guide.

The CMLP has not identified any relevant cases addressing the level of protection for anonymous speech in Ohio. For information about the legal protections courts have applied in other jurisdictions, please see the Legal Protections for Anonymous Speech section of this guide.

If you know about an Internet anonymity case in Ohio, please contact us.

Note: This page covers information specific to New York. For general information concerning legal protections for anonymous speech see the Legal Protections for Anonymous Speech section of this guide.

Note: This page covers information specific to Michigan. For general information concerning legal protections for anonymous speech see the Legal Protections for Anonymous Speech section of this guide.

The CMLP has not identified any relevant cases addressing the level of protection for anonymous speech in Indiana.  For information about the legal protections courts have applied in other jurisdictions, please see the Legal Protections for Anonymous Speech section of this guide.

If you know about an Internet anonymity case in Indiana, please contact us.

The CMLP has not identified any relevant cases addressing the level of protection for anonymous speech in Georgia. For information about the legal protections courts have applied in other jurisdictions, please see the Legal Protections for Anonymous Speech section of this guide.

If you know about an Internet anonymity case in Georgia, please contact us.

Courts in the District of Columbia apply a protective test before permitting disclosure of an anonymous Internet speaker's identity.  One case in state court and another in federal court, Solers, Inc. v. Doe, 977 A.2d 941 (D.C. 2009) and Sinclair v. TubeSockTedD, 2009 WL 320408 (D.D.C. Feb.

Say that you receive notice that a someone has subpoenaed your ISP for information about your identity, and you move to quash (i.e., block or challenge) the subpoena. How will a court decide whether or not to allow the plaintiff to uncover your identity? This is a complex question that quickly brings us into a realm full of technical legal language and concepts. For those interested, this section and the State Law: Legal Protections for Anonymous Speech section that go with it delve into some of the details.

There are a number of excellent resources that you can use to learn how to maintain your anonymity online. The details of these strategies are beyond the scope of this guide, but we provide links to some of them below. Keep in mind that there are two broad categories of techniques for maintaining anonymity online:

First, there are tactics relating to the kind of information that you reveal on your website or blog. These tactics will not disguise your IP address, and this information could be disclosed if someone subpoenas your ISP, web host, or email provider.

This section discusses and compares the key "terms of use" (or equivalent sections) you are likely to encounter when you are evaluating various online services. We've grouped these services into three general categories: social networking sites, blog-hosting services, and web-hosting services. Of course, some of these categories blend into each other, but you should be able to get a general idea of how the terms of service vary among the various types of sites and between individual sites themselves.