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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."
Did Yale only recently start admitting women to law school? How do they know they weren't talking about two other women named "Jill and Hillary"? If the women are specifically named on the website, why are their names withheld now?
Anybody have any insight?
One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
Hate speech, I sue you back!
His back? You think he farted? I figure he probably used his hands, so you should sue his sides, possibly just one side if he was picking his nose (or doing something else!) at the same time. Or maybe he used a speech-to-text program and you should sue his front. Or top.
Infuriate left and right