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The End Of Anonymous Comments?

By Kleinheider Posted on November 10, 2009 at 1:52 pm

From Editor &Publisher:

A Cook County judge has ruled that the identity of an anonymous poster to a suburban newspaper’s Web site must be released to Buffalo Grove Village Trustee Lisa Stone.

Stone maintains that the poster, known only by the screen name “Hipcheck16,” defamed her 15-year-old son online after last April’s village elections.

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10 Responses to “The End Of Anonymous Comments?”

  1. Sean Braisted writes
    November 10th, 2009 1:55 pm

    Good.

  2. Johnsonville Brats writes
    November 10th, 2009 2:26 pm

    Ah, Sean, sue me.

  3. Matthew Hurtt writes
    November 10th, 2009 2:29 pm

    I agree. Oftentimes, anonymous comments do very little to add substance to a discussion. Particularly, if they’re defamatory and libelous.

  4. Davy writes
    November 10th, 2009 2:37 pm

    Can a minor be defamed?

    Will each student need an attorney on year book signing day?

    Does anyone know exactly what was written?

  5. Reality writes
    November 10th, 2009 2:44 pm

    Yeah, yeah, whatever . . .

    Everyone whines when the anonymous wit busts them in the mouth and laughs when the anonymous with busts the other shmuck in the mouth.

    Don’t we hear a lot of whining in the Tennessee blogosphere?

    Suck it up and quit acting like a bunch of little girls.

  6. Christian writes
    November 10th, 2009 3:10 pm

    I have no problem with exposing the identity of people who use your business or brand’s website for illegal activity, including defamation. Being clear about that upfront, as well as being clear that you will never reveal the identities of users without a court order, is just one way online communities are kept civil and thrive.

  7. Mack writes
    November 10th, 2009 4:16 pm

    Well, I have a question. If someone accesses the web from a wifi spot, uses a proxy I.P.(which may be redundant), a disposable email addy, how could they be traced?

  8. Davy writes
    November 11th, 2009 6:35 am

    “how could they be traced?”

    ACK-

    Refer this question to CIA. They’ve been doing it for a few years now.

  9. Henry Walker writes
    November 11th, 2009 11:50 am

    Double good. I’d regret the loss of commentary from nervous employees but this descent into increasingly vitrolic hate speech can’t continue. It’s not about backbone, “Reality,” it’s about yelling “fire” in the theater.

  10. Davy writes
    November 11th, 2009 8:17 pm

    Does anybody know exactly what was written?

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