Texas judge gets it right
Masked email activist can remain anonymous, judge rules
A judge has correctly refused to unmask a critic of a politician, even though the criticism apparently cost the politician his reelection. The judge ruled that because the criticisms were not defamatory as a matter of law, the politician had no right to know who the critic was. This is an excellent development -- anonymous critics should not be outed without some demonstration that they've done something wrong.
A judge has correctly refused to unmask a critic of a politician, even though the criticism apparently cost the politician his reelection. The judge ruled that because the criticisms were not defamatory as a matter of law, the politician had no right to know who the critic was. This is an excellent development -- anonymous critics should not be outed without some demonstration that they've done something wrong.