Comments on: Unclear on the First Amendment in Albany

By: Free speech roundup - Overlawyered

Free speech roundup - Overlawyered — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:45:10 +0000

[…] Boilermaker union president resorts to litigation against satirical site [Levy; another case on demands for disclosure of anonymous commenters] More on ghastly NY bill to strip protection from anonymous online speech [David Kravets/Wired, Daily Caller, my take] […]

By: NY legislature passes unconstitutional cyber-bullying bill | Popehat

NY legislature passes unconstitutional cyber-bullying bill | Popehat — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:07:38 +0000

[…] 16, 2012 By Patrick. Law WALTER OLSON ON A CURE THAT'S WORSE THAN THE DISEASE. Make no mistake. This isn't about cyber-bullying, whatever that means, any more than the Mann Act […]

By: VMS

VMS — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:16:51 +0000

Time to tor up: https://www.torproject.org/

By: Cyberbullying and Bullying Used As Pretexts for Censorship

Cyberbullying and Bullying Used As Pretexts for Censorship — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:32:02 +0000

[…] Tweet In the name of fighting “cyberbullying,” many New York legislators would like to force blogs to remove blog comments that offend readers, unless they “disclose information about the […]

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:01:15 +0000

They need to get a group of “battered women” to weep before the State Assembly on how lack of anonymity hurts their ability to discuss their abusive men from the comfort of their safehouses! That would throw a monkey-wrench into the proceedings!

(About 30 years ago, CA was debating “caller ID”. On the “pro” side, were women’s groups who claimed that “caller ID” would help them avoid phone calls from harassers. On the “anti” site were women’s groups who claimed that “caller ID” would hurt their ability to live in a “safe house” and be able to contact their abuser. Here’s a reference from the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/15/nyregion/popularity-of-caller-id-service-alarms-women-s-groups.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm )

By: No Name Guy

No Name Guy — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:19:50 +0000

Unclear on the First Amendment in Albany. Unclear on Private Property. Unclear on economics. Unclear on physics. Unclear on on just about everything – par for the course for politicians.

By: Mike B

Mike B — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:32:03 +0000

Terrifying. While no one likes Trolls or cyber-bullies, there is a very slippery slope here on totalitarianism. Free-speech protects a free republic. Silencing free speech sets up an abusive, arogant government.

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:35:29 +0000

I might be somewhat open to such a disclosure law (strictly limited to libel plaintiffs), but only if it activated a tough anti-SLAPP law, making plaintiffs *and* their lawyers jointly and severally liable for defendant’s legal and other expenses in cases of truthful or otherwise protected (eg “opinion”) speech.