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Court Rules Against Online Anonymity

Posted by Unknown on Thursday January 9, 2014 @04:26AM from the turns-out-anonymous-coward-is-a-cat dept.

cstacy writes "The Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled (PDF) that people leaving negative feedback for a carpet cleaning service are not allowed to remain anonymous. Yelp must unmask seven critics to the carpet cleaner, who feels that they might not even be real customers."

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Re:Appropriate Supreme Court Quote by i+kan+reed · 2014-01-09 04:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic

And segregation, don't forget segregation.
Re:Appropriate Supreme Court Quote by Desler · 2014-01-09 05:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

But that's not what they said and what they said is patently false. It's nothing but white-washed nostalgia.