Bloggers Have The Right To Be Anonymous According To Judge
I totally agree that bloggers should have the right to be anonymous. Some countries would persecute bloggers otherwise. Whistleblowers would fear for their jobs if they could not be anonymous. I think some bloggers lose credibility by being anonymous and some use this to attack people for no reason or use it to stalk and harass people. But overall the reasons to allow bloggers to remain anonymous outweight the pitfalls. This judge obviously agrees.
Judge: Blogger identity is safe
MANALAPAN — The undisclosed identity of an Internet blogger whose comments targeted local officials will remain a mystery for now, a state Superior Court judge ruled Friday.
Judge Terence P. Flynn in Freehold ruled to quash a subpoena filed by Manalapan Township against Google, seeking the name and account information of the author of the blog ? daTruthSquad.blogspot.com ? calling the request “an unjust infringement on the blogger’s First Amendment rights.”
The subpoena is part of an ongoing lawsuit filed in June against Stuart Moskovitz, a former township attorney and mayor. The township contends Moskovitz botched negotiations for a recreational land purchase in 2005.
