Judge orders SR to help ID commenter

T he Spokesman-Review must provide information that could identify an anonymous reader who typed a disparaging online comment about the chairwoman of the Kootenai County Republican Party in February, an Idaho judge ruled Tuesday.

The attorney for the chairwoman, Tina Jacobson (pictured), subpoenaed information about the identities of three Huckleberries Online readers who commented under assumed names below a photograph featuring Jacobson.

Read the rest of Tom Clouse’s story here.

Join the discussion about the ruling at Dave Oliveria’s Huckleberries blog.

Past coverage:

June 1: Idaho judge considers anonymous comments lawsuit