L.A. Times: Idaho case suggests online anonymity may be an ‘illusion’…
The L.A. Times analyzes the Idaho court ruling ordering The Spokesman-Review to disclose the identity of an anonymous online commenter in an article today; you can read it here. "When entering the comment forum of your typical news website or blog these days, it sometimes seems like a good idea to wear a helmet," writes reporter Kim Murphy. "Well-crafted insult? Barbed bombast? Bring it on. Often cloaked in the anonymous protection of screen names, readers feel free to unload on one another, and at the world in general, with impunity. But that protection may be an illusion."