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As a frequent poster and reader of HiH, whenever I hear about a lawsuit involving an anonymous blog posting I perk up and pay attention. Yesterday, NPR carried a two news stories about just such a case against a blog site. Regular readers of HiH will recall that a prior incarnation of HiH was subject to such a lawsuit. There are similarities to the HiH case and this lawsuit in Idaho.
Here are two links to the NPR stories.
npr.org/2012/07/31/157665460/shield-anonymous-commenters-more-papers-say-no
npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=157353899
Here is a link to a summary of the lawsuit posted at The Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP), which is “hosted by Harvard University’s Berkman Center .”
citmedialaw.org/threats/jacobson-v-almostinnocentbystander
At issue is this anonymous posting, “Is that the missing $10,000 from Kootenai County Central Committee funds stuffed inside Tina’s blouse?”, by almostinnocentbystander to a blog owned by a Spokane, WA based newspaper. NPR reported that the posting could imply that “the chair of local [Republican] party, might have pocketed $10,000 in party funds.” The author of the posting has revealed her true identity apologizing for disparaging the other women’s appearance but not the question of the missing $10,000.
I suspected there is more to this issue than an anonymous blog poster’s comment about money in a local Idaho Republican Party committee’s account that may have gone missing. That suspicion was confirmed by comments of the blog’s moderator that you can read at:
spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2012/jul/31/hucksonline-makes-npr-cameo/
Apparently other small rural communities experience the same issue often openly expressed anonymously on HiH:
Before you post anonymously remember spreading a lie is not protected free speech; spinning the truth to tell the story is free unencumbered speech. Posters to a blog must practice protected free speech while readers of blogs must learn the art of un-spinning free speech.