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Can Outing an Anonymous Blogger be Justified?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the scruples-be-damned dept.

netbuzz writes "Absolutely, depending on the circumstances, yet a Florida newspaper's attempt to unmask 'a political group hiding behind the name of a fictitious person' has sparked outrage in some circles. Part of the reason for that outrage is that the paper posted to its Web site a surveillance video of the blogger visiting its advertising department, a tactic the editor says he now regrets. What's really at issue here is the right to publish anonymously vs. the right to remain anonymous. The former exists, the latter does not."

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  1. I've been wondering... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey Slashdot, why are PC users such ugly dweebs in comparison to Mac users? Is it because nobody has the time or patience to put up with Windows/Linux except for friendless, sexless nerds like you?

    1. Re:I've been wondering... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Neither the oaf nor the Thai tranny was in any way hot this time. You're slipping, dude.

  2. Video of a fictitious person? by John+Hasler · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd like to see that.

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  3. The real question? by Bizzeh · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can arresting and imprisoning someone for blogging their opinions, be justified?

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