Anonymity

Citing Anti-SLAPP Law, New York Court Dismisses Libel Case Against Unmasked Commenter

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Long before Liskula Cohen's case brought online anonymity into the m

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'Skanky' Blogging, Anonymity and What's Right

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Here we go again -- a new attack on anonymous speech, misusing the facts ripped from the current headlines about a case of one person's slimy online attacks on another.

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D.C. High Court Joins Consensus Protecting the Anonymity of Online Speakers

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Last Thursday, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals weighed in on what procedural safeguards are necessary to protect the rights of Internet users to engage in anonymous speech.  In Solers, Inc. v. Doe, the D.C.

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Brandjacking on Social Networks: Twitter, Malicious Ghost Writing, and Corporate Sabotage

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It seems all I can write about these days is digital doppelgangers. I’ve written about employers engaged in Facebook hijacking and MySpace lurking. Today, a story of brandjacking through Twitter sabotage rounds out the cyber-possession trilogy.

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Employee Privacy and Social Networks: The Case for a New Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

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“Three can keep a secret, if two are dead.” – Benjamin Franklin

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News Websites in Texas and Kentucky Invoke Shield Laws for Online Commenters

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This week brings word of two new cases testing whether state shield laws apply to user comments posted on news websites.  In Texas, a Taylor County District Court judge ruled that the Abilene Reporter-News may refrain from disclosing the identities of commenters who posted comments to articles about a murder victim and the teenager charged in connection with his death.

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Berkman's Cyberlaw Clinic Submits Amicus Brief in Case Involving Prior Restraint and Reporter's Privilege

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Today, Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic submitted an amicus curiae brief urging the New Hampshire Supreme Court to defend the First Amendment rights of a website that covers news about the mortgage industry.

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Top Conservative on Twitter Takes Critic to Court

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Shortly after the election last November, a call went out within the conservative blogosphere to use Twitter to organize conservatives online.  Not long thereafter, Michael Patrick Leahy and Rob Neppell started the website Top Conservatives on Twitter and pushed like-minded conservatives to use the Twitter hashtag #TCOT (the # allows twitterers to

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