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Judge: anonymous web comments don’t meet legal standards of libel or defamation

September 5, 2008

anonymous web commentA Montana Judge just ruled that anonymous web comments on a newspaper web site are protected from disclosure by that state’s Shield Law. He also questioned whether anonymous comments…”have enough credibility to meet legal requirements of libel and defamation.”

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  1. Frank M. Arouet on September 5th, 2008 2:31 pm

    See book review in Thursday WJS about the role of anonymity in literature, letters and politics.

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