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New Jersey Judge Shields Anonymous Blogger

Posted by Soulskill on from the keeping-hidden-agendas-hidden dept.

netbuzz brings us an update to a case we discussed earlier this month: "In a widely watched free-speech case, a New Jersey judge has upheld a blogger's right to criticize county officials anonymously. The contention of those officials was that the blogger is actually a former mayor/attorney being sued by the local government for malpractice. This comes less than a month after the Electronic Frontier Foundation began their legal efforts to shield the blogger, claiming that the subpoena for Google to release his identity was 'part of an unrelated and unauthorized campaign to embarrass or otherwise outmaneuver the Defendant.' Score one for the First Amendment."

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  1. Don't Tase Me, New Jersey Bro! by DrScottyB · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean you can openly disagree with politicians and not get tased? Weird.

    1. Re:Don't Tase Me, New Jersey Bro! by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 5, Funny
      You mean you can openly disagree with politicians and not get tased? Weird.


      In NJ -- sure. Tasers are actually illegal here, even for police use. Shot on the other hand...


      -b.

  2. Re:About time the first amendment means something! by ColdWetDog · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, if he/she is a blogger it would be libel, not slander. Libel is the written act of defamation, slander, the oral act of defamation. ;-)

    OK smarty pants. What happens if I turn on my text-to-speech applet and listen to the guy?

    Slander? Libel? Both?

    My head asplode.

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