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Old 03-07-2014, 11:30 AM
 
Location: Lincroft
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News site ordered to give up ID of anonymous commenter, Philly judge rules

News site ordered to give up ID of anonymous commenter, Philly judge rules | NJ.com
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Old 03-07-2014, 11:53 AM
 
Location: Savannah GA/Lk Hopatcong NJ
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Read that, sheesh go over to politics forum and all the not so nice things people say about public figures. I think this is opening a pandora's box
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Old 03-07-2014, 11:55 AM
 
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That would not happen here because it violates CD TOS to bad mouth anyone but for people who post comments in an on line news publication regarding an article could very well happen.
This could happen anywhere. If the authorities and/or government ask the server to give up users IP addresses they will.
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Old 03-07-2014, 11:56 AM
 
Location: Savannah GA/Lk Hopatcong NJ
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This could happen anywhere. If the authorities and/or government ask the server to give up users IP addresses they will.
June...I rethought that and edited it big time...lol
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Old 03-07-2014, 11:59 AM
 
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This is why i browse through a VPN. no privacy anywhere online otherwise.
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Old 03-07-2014, 05:19 PM
 
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Read that, sheesh go over to politics forum and all the not so nice things people say about public figures. I think this is opening a pandora's box
This was not a public figure (per the article) but a private citizen. This is not the same to me as posting on a forum about a topic. This was on a local news sites comment section, and it named a specific individual who has a business in that community. It's one thing to comment on some general subject or a public figure, quite another to say "John Smith of Smith Electricians is a crook". I think the guy has every right to sue for defamation and to know who his accuser is in this case. If people are allowed to do what this "anonymous" poster did, then anyone can defame and ruin the business or reputation of anyone else. Who's to say the guy who made the comment isn't a competitor with his own electrician business just trying to ruin a rival's business, or the guy's ex girlfriend trying to get revenge?
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