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sauergeek ([personal profile] sauergeek) wrote2005-01-20 08:16 pm

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.

[identity profile] lawbard.livejournal.com 2005-01-21 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
*applause*

And we all thought privacy was dead...