State v. Turner, 2011 WL 4424754 (Conn. Super. September 6, 2011) A Connecticut state court held that prosecuting a blogger for posting content online encouraging others to use violence did not violate the blogger’s First Amendment right to free speech. Defendant was charged under a Connecticut statute prohibiting individuals from “inciting injury to persons or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘blogging’
Texas supreme court says identities of anonymous bloggers should not be disclosed
April 16th, 2011
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In re Does, — S.W.3d —, 2011 WL 1447544 (Texas, April 15, 2011) The issue of anonymity is a hot topic in internet law. The question of whether an internet user known only by an IP address or username or website name should be identified arises fairly often in the early stages of internet defamation [...]
Accused blogger did not cause substantial emotional distress
July 1st, 2008
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Ramsey v. Harman, — S.E.2d —-, 2008 WL 2415127 (N.C.App. June 17, 2008) Defendant Harman maintained a blog on which she put up some posts accusing plaintiff Ramsey’s daughter of being a bully. Harman also posted this: With all the bulling [sic] and harassing that goes on in our school system. Then the trouble that [...]
Kentucky settles banned blogger’s First Amendment challenge to Internet filtering policy
June 18th, 2008
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Ed. note: This is a guest post by Greg Beck, an attorney at Public Citizen in Washington, DC. Greg works on a variety of issues at Public Citizen, mostly involving Internet free speech, anonymity, and intellectual property. He was lead counsel for Mark Nickolas in his challenge to Kentucky’s ban on blogs. [More info...] Political [...]
