Tuesday, February 12th 2008
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America's First Amendment Extended to Internet Trolls
While most people inside and outside America feel that the right of free speech has succumbed to weaker minds and a move towards political correctness, a recent court decision would prove otherwise. DailyTech summed up what happened pretty nicely:
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DailyTech
A California judge in the Sixth Appellate District in Santa Clara County last week ruled that anonymous trolls on the Internet are allowed to stay anonymous. Along with remaining anonymous, Internet trolls are able to say what they like, by exercising their First Amendment rights, no matter how belittling is it.This decision reversed a prior ruling made just two years ago, in which ten subpoenas were issued to people that would fit into the definition of "internet trolls" who took things to new extremes.
14 Comments on America's First Amendment Extended to Internet Trolls
If you have the balls to make a statement, one should be held acknowledgeable to that statement.
Especially if you comments fall under the lines of slander and libel , which is against 1st amendment protection.
This is like saying that prank calls and harassment calls are permissible and fully allowed - f*ing stoopid. :shadedshu
I wish it happened :shadedshu
Oh, and note the first line from the OP... "A California Judge..." That says it all. California Judges are about as smart as a watermelon.
The funny thing is that this ruling actually limits individual rights because it theoretically takes away the right to control speech on private property.
Long live 4 **** and /*/
(insider joke.)