MFIA Amicus in Illinois First Amendment case- with EFF

by | March 23, 2010 | First Amendment, KLAMP, Newspapers, Privacy | Comments Off

The Media Freedom and Information Practicum is proud to announce that, along with EFF, it has filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Illinois Court of Appeals to block the unmasking of an anonymous online critic of a local political candidate in the comments section of a local newspaper’s website.

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The First Amendment provides qualified protection for anonymous speakers. MFIA and EFF encourage the court to recognize such protection by instituting the same process established by other courts across the country (see, eg, Dendrite).

The viability of newspaper websites as forums for such political discussion and whistleblowing is at stake, along with fundamental First Amendment values inherent in the protection of political speech.

For the full brief, click here.

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