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Judge Rules Web Commenter Will Be Unmasked To Mom

Posted by kdawson on from the you-have-no-anonymity-get-over-it dept.

LegalReader writes "An Illinois judge has decided that an anonymous commenter on a newspaper website will be unmasked, even though the mother of a teen about whom 'Hipcheck16' allegedly made 'deeply disturbing' comments hasn't yet decided whether to sue over the posting."

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  1. Why do we care? by Malc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Story posted between 2am and 5am in the continental US. Can we have something less US-centric at this time of day?

    1. Re:Why do we care? by Dishevel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      So are you saying that /. is not in fact a US centric website? Or are you just stupid?

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