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The Outing of a Blogger: Is it Legal to Reveal a Blogger?

March 29, 2009 by Lorelle VanFossen

blog anonymous mask over word bloggerIn “The Outing of a Blogger: Social Transparency or Violation?” I started this short series on the outing of a popular Alaska personal blogger, Mudflats (aka AKMuckraker or AKM), unveiled by a state politician.

The question I want to tackle in this article is the issue of the legality of blogger anonymity and what protects bloggers and not. This is a huge topic, so I’m only going to scratch the surface.

In many countries, there are no laws protecting freedom of speech nor journalists or bloggers. There may be protections for journalists, but none for bloggers. In countries where you would expect there to be such laws…it’s amazing how few there are and how flexible those laws can be.

Does a blogger have the right to privacy and anonymity? What rights do others have to expose them and why? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: anonymous, anonymous blogger, anonymous blogging, blog security, blogger, blogger anonymity, blogger outed, blogger revealed, Bloggers, defamation, freedom of speech, hidden identity, laws, Legal, libel, outing a blogger

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