Andy Serwin writes: This post is the second in a series that examines First Amendment issues and privacy. It examines several of the standards that courts have adopted when considering the identification of anonymous speakers on the Internet. Other State Variants of Cahill In Lassa v. Rongstad and The Valkyrie Group, LLC, 294 Wis.2d 187, 718…
Month: September 2010
Privacy invasion aftermath: “Jumping off the gw bridge sorry.”
I didn’t sleep much last night. I felt sick inside over the suicide of a young man whose privacy had been horribly invaded. There will be those who lump this case in with what is often referred to as “cyberbullying,” but cyberbullying does not necessarily involve invasion of privacy. The suicide of Tyler Clementi is…
AU: Fingerprinting gamblers is ‘one option’: Gillard
The Australian government seems to be investing a lot of time and energy into figuring out what to do about problem gamblers as a quick glance at Gambling Research Australia and an article on pre-commitment systems indicate. It’s one thing to try to help people who may have a problem or addiction. It’s another to…
Oui, Defamation Can be Automatic
Marie-Andrée – who unlike this blogger can actually speak French and is a lawyer to boot – provides a commentary and explanation of a recent French court ruling that Eric Schmidt was guilty of defamation because of Google Suggest results. She writes, in part: The Court noted that “algorithms or software solutions proceed from the…