Thursday, October 06, 2005
Ruling sets precedent protecting anonymous bloggers
The Delaware Supreme Court yesterday handed down an important ruling that protects anonymous bloggers from attempts to unnmask them through libel lawsuits. This is the first ruling by a state supreme court on this matter. The court said that, if an elected official claims he has been defamed by an anonymous posting on a blog, he cannot use a lawsuit to unmask the writer unless he has substantial evidence to support his claim.
Read more:
- Report by the New York Times.
- Text of the opinion: John Doe No. 1 v. Cahill.
- Further details in an EFF news release.
posted by Robert Ambrogi @ 7:49 PM,
