Newspaper does not have to identify anonymous commenters, rules High Court: “The Daily Mail does not have to identify the people behind two anonymously posted comments on its website because to do so would breach…
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BBC News – Cyber attacks against Australia ‘will continue’ By Zoe Kleinman, Technology Reporter, BBC News 12 February 2010 An activist group that temporarily blocked access to key Australian government websites plans to continue its…
Privacy pioneer search engine launches anonymous surfing service: “A search engine company that has won plaudits for its efforts to protect users’ privacy is launching a proxy-surfing service on Thursday by which users can look…
Privacy policy clause is not justification for revealing anonymous poster’s identity, US court rules: “An anonymous web user who posted a comment under an online newspaper story cannot be un-masked, a US Court has ruled….
UK publishers win right to protect brewer leak source: “Five UK news publishers have won the right not to hand over leaked documents after defying successive UK court rulings ordering them to release the files….
Wikipedia to disclose user’s IP address in blackmail case: “ Complies with court order to unmask suspect Wikifiddler The High Court has ordered the publishers of the Wikipedia user-generated encyclopaedia to reveal information which could…
Two German Killers Demanding Anonymity Sue Wikipedia’s Parent: “German courts allow the suppression of a criminal’s name in news accounts once he has paid his debt to society, a provision that is now pitted against…
Scientology seeks to squash anonymity: “ Anonymous attacks could backfire with tighter Aussie laws A little local controversy involving the Church of Scientology and its critics could lead to curbs on the right to anonymity…
Unmasked blogger Rosemary Port to sue Google for $15m$: “Google is to be sued for $15 million ($£9 million) by an anonymous blogger who was unmasked by the internet search company. (Via Tech and Web…
Vogue model Liskula Cohen wins right to unmask offensive bloggerA Vogue cover girl has won a precedent-setting court battle to unmask an anonymous blogger who called her a ‘skank’ on the internet. (Via Tech and…