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Yale Students' Lawsuit Unmasks Anonymous Trolls
palegray.net writes "Two female Yale law school students have used the courts to ascertain the identities of otherwise anonymous posters to an Internet forum, with the intent of prosecuting them for hateful remarks left on the boards. At a minimum, the posters' future legal careers are certainly jeopardized by these events. While I'm not certainly not supporting or encouraging hateful speech online, these controversial actions hold potentially far-reaching consequences for Internet privacy policy and free speech." According to the linked Wired Law article, "The women themselves have gone silent, and their lawyers — two of whom are now themselves being sued — are not talking to the press."
Aw, then what's the fun of getting naked at a FRAT party?
Mod parent +5 informative!
One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
Come on, "Fuck you" is a horrible counter-argument. What's the implied threat there? That there might be future sex with that person in some capacity? Epithet and threat rhyme but do not mean the same thing.
How about keeping the text but just changing the scenario? Such as: 'What do these women do when someone says "I'm going to sodomize you. Repeatedly."?' That's a much more related discussion.
mod parent up!
since when is "because that's what the government decided" a valid argument, especially on slashdot?