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Canadian Judge Orders Disclosure of Anonymous Posters

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the or-you'll-get-a-mountie's-hoofprint dept.

debrain writes "The Globe and Mail is reporting that Google and a newspaper called The Coast must disclose all information they have about the identity of individuals who posted anonymous comments online about top firefighters in Halifax. The story in question is titled 'Black firefighters file human rights complaint,' and there are some heated opinions in the comments."

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  1. Who in their right mind ... by jgreco · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The best way to post comments in any heated debate is semi-anonymously, using a disposable e-mail address and a public Internet connection (or better yet, TOR). This is fairly effective at discouraging this sort of ridiculousness.

  2. A Cold Day In Hell by b4upoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's a cold day in hell for free speech. Perhaps it is brain freeze from Canadian winters.

  3. Judge needs education regardin teh intra-web-tubes by tommyatomic · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Me thinks that this judge and or the attorneys involved in this exercise in stupidity; need to be re-educated.

    Basically if someone exercises their right to free speech and anonymously posts lies about you on the internet they are a TROLL. If someone exercises their right to free speach and anonymously posts an unfortunate truth about you on the internet you will just have to live with it. It's not something that anyone needs to sue over.

    I dont know which this is, but I truely do not care. If I post that your mother intimately cosorts with farm animals and it isn't true then I am a TROLL. If it is true then it is unfortunate but hopefully nothing more.

    This crap only makes the news because of how retarded it is.