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Submission + - The CDA is dead, but will states try to revive it? (thelegality.com)

oliphaunt writes: "This week at The Legality, Tracy Frazier has an article discussing the damage that can be done by anonymous online comments. While regulars here are familiar with infamous bits of net censorship like the Fishman Affidavit fiasco, and everyone has been an anonymous coward at least once or twice, some of you you may not know about the conflict between Heide Iravani and AutoAdmit.com. Heide eventually filed a lawsuit because the first result for a google search on her name brought up anonymous comments on AutoAdmit that accused her of carrying an STD and sleeping her way to the top of her class. The Communications Decency Act was supposed to prevent this kind of thing, but the Supreme Court killed it. Should the law be changed? Read on for the pros and cons..."
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The CDA is dead, but will states try to revive it?

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