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Why does this matter? Because people who ask us to voluntarily disclose the real name of an author need to appreciate this is similar to walking into a doctor’s office and asking to see someone else’s medical records.
Suppose you just finished reading the long section about “So, you want to sue Transport Scams?”, and you realize that the law protects this website and, in most cases, does not allow you to sue the website’s operators for the materials published here by users of the site. What do you do now? Of course, as we have said before, the law does NOT protect the original author, and thus you are free to sue that person if you wish. But how can you get the name of someone who posted a report anonymously?
Out of the thousands of comments posted on Transport Scams, every now and then we receive a request asking us to reveal the true identity of someone who posted a report. Sometimes these requests include a subpoena and sometimes they don’t.
Sometimes these requests come from an attorney and sometimes they are from an average citizen, business owner, etc.
Because most people are not familiar with the legal issues involved and because we regard the privacy rights of our users as extremely important, this section explains our policy on when and how the true identity of a Transport Scams user may be obtained. This section also provides answers to the following questions: •Can Transport Scams users remain anonymous and protect their privacy? •Will Transport Scams ever disclose the real name of an author? •How can lawyers obtain information about an author?
First of all, it is important to understand a fundamental point – the First Amendment right to free speech includes the right to remain anonymous. That’s not just our view, it is a principle the United States Supreme Court has recognized over and over again; “an author’s decision to remain anonymous, like other decisions concerning omissions or additions to the content of a publication, is an aspect of the freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment.” McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Comm’n, 514 U.S. 334, 341-42, 115 S.Ct. 1511, 1516, 131 L.Ed.2d 426, 436 (1995).
Why does this matter? Because people who ask us to voluntarily disclose the real name of an author need to appreciate this is similar to ….
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