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Anonymity Online Not Absolute, Judge Rules

By admin | September 16, 2009

Anonymity Online Not Absolute, Judge Rules

A new court ruling may challenge the ability to make anonymous comments online.

Last week, in a case involving a former police officer from the University of California at Davis and a blog called the Vanguard of Davis, a Sacramento judge ruled that anonymity on the Internet is not absolute, The Sacramento Bee reports.

Calvin Chang, the former police officer, filed a lawsuit against the university

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