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Google Helps Identify Anonymous Blogger
Free speech has always been an irritant to those who become the target of it; freedom in general is a frightening concept to some because of the broad blanket it throws over the righteous and the sinful alike. And as always it seems many people support the freedom concept so long as it supplies protections for the liberties they themselves choose to enjoy—enjoy the wrong set of liberties and you’ll suddenly find far fewer true believers in the founding principles of the American experiment.
Anonymous Googlers Help Whip Congress Into Shape
An anonymous group of Googlers have helped create a tool citizens can use to whip Congress—and by “whip,” they mean call to voice support of the Fair Elections Now Act.
Alaskan Politician Outs Anonymous Blogger
There are lots of politicians out there who aren’t thrilled with the anonymous free speech the Internet offers. If they don’t know the blogger’s name, they don’t know who to be mad at. One Alaskan political blogger got so under a representative’s skin the representative spent months trying to find and disclose her identity.
You know, because apparently there’s nothing else to do in the Alaskan legislature at the moment.
Rumor Puts Anonymous Group In Line To Buy Yahoo
Fair warning: this is an unsubstantiated, nonspecific, and not entirely easy to swallow rumor. Today isn’t April 1st, however, and the rumor seems to have gotten the attention of a leading tech reporter and at least a few stock traders. So (for the umpteenth time) consider the possibility that Yahoo is on the path to getting acquired.
Rep. Couch Feeling Heat from Ban on Anonymous Web Postings
Murdok previously reported how Kentucky State Representative, Tim Couch, proposed a bill that would not allow Kentuckians to comment anonymously on the Internet.
KY Rep. Seeks To Ban Anonymous Blogging
First rule of politics for incumbents: During an election year, try not to highlight your general uselessness, especially if you share a name with a famous football player, because people will notice.Second rule of politics for incumbents: If you go to the trouble to introduce a bill, be prepared to defend it until the bitter end, even if you know in your heart it will never pass, not in a million years, unless futility somehow becomes a desired legislative virtue.
Court: Blogspot Blogger May Remain Anonymous
Mayer Fertig at the Jewish Star on November 2nd reports (my link/ emphasis):
Nintendo Sacks Anonymous Blogger
You can’t help, from a reasonable Internet distance, but like her; she’s sexy, irreverent, and smart, everything you should like and fear in a gal. But she goofed, at least a little, and unfair or not, Nintendo is the latest corporate entity to can an employee for blogging.
It’s Okay To Be Anonymous Again (For Now)
A recent court decision in Arizona is being touted as a victory for free speech and for the right to speak anonymously online.