As a pseudoanonymous blogger and privacy advocate, I’ve occasionally blogged about the use or abuse of legal process to unmask anonymous bloggers or to silence critics (cf, the “Stokklerk” case, the attempts to unmask critics of a development project, the A.Z. v. Doe case, and the HipCheck16 case). Despite some progress made, most notably in…
Category: Court
New Suits Could Chill Writers’ Use of Own Experiences
Matthew Heller writes about how some lawsuits may chill people’s ability to use their own experiences as the basis for creative works: The case of a woman who claims she is the real-life model for the character of a prostitute in a movie is one of three lawsuits filed last month which would punish writers…
No DUI Blood Tests Without a Warrant in Arizona
Dave Sheffield writes: About a week ago, the Supreme Court of Arizona issued its decision in the case of Carrillo v. Houser, No. CV-09-0285-PR (Ariz. 2010), which presented a dispute about Arizona’s implied consent law. The State contended that the consent that the law implied extended to a warrantless chemical alcohol test unless the person…
Facebook Sued Again Over Allegedly Leaking Information To Advertisers
Wendy Davis reports: Facebook was hit with another lawsuit this week alleging that it improperly shared users’ personal information with advertisers. This case, the third such lawsuit in as many weeks, was filed in federal district court in Rhode Island by North Providence Facebook user Wendy Marfeo, who is seeking class-action status. As in the…