Texas judge orders site to identify anonymous trolls, flamers

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Summermoondancer wrote:

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3 fingers Tony wrote:

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Wow, you restated what Eman had said. Damn trying to take credit for information somebody else has already stated.
No, I am not Zero, nor am I Eman.
However, you are doing a real good job at proving what Zero says to be true.
I am shocked you have totally missed the 3 fingers tony reference. Have you not claimed your Husband to be a Graduate of S.O.A.? The official term for the C.I.A. school run at Ft Benning and Ft Bragg. 3 fingers Tony would have been a person, as in one of the people, in charge of the school. Most the Delta teams, SEAL teams, 1st and 2nd Company Force Recon Companies and several of the Special Operation teams know of 3 fingers Tony. As a school graduate your husband would have know then reference.

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Summermoondancer wrote:

For those who frequent the threads of online forums and comfortably post comments behind the shield of anonymity, the Leshers' suit might sound surprising, or even alarming. But their lawyer, William Demond, told ABCNews.com that their actions are not unprecedented.
"This is not unusual as far as to pierce the veil of anonymity," the Austin-based attorney said. "There are certainly cases out there [although] nothing on this scale. Nothing quite this large."
Last year, lawyers for two female Yale Law School students unmasked anonymous posters who libeled the women on the college and graduate school admissions Web forum AutoAdmit.com .
But in a 2005 case, a Delaware court ruled against unveiling a blogger who had been slapped with a defamation lawsuit by a local councilman.
There's no standardized procedure, Demond said, but if a court finds that anonymous comments meet the definition of defamation, it can instruct a Web site to turn over any relevant information it has about the posters.
But he confirmed that under the alias Wounded, he wrote: "Either way you aren't going to sway my opinion about the DRUGS and the LESHER's."
Jones, however, doesn't regret his comments and said he has a "right to [his] opinion."
Even though he's a target in the Lesher's lawsuit, he said he's actually prepared to stand with the couple against Topix.
The site removed him earlier this year when he started commenting about how the site itself isn't properly moderated and has allowed people to post that they are going to kill him or rape his wife and child, despite Web site guidelines that say such comments are not allowed. He also said his address and directions to his home have been posted to the site.
"They are very angry at me because of [my comments about] incompetent moderators," Jones told ABCNews.com .
And he said he wouldn't be in this position if Topix had been doing its job.
"I just as soon see it fail. If they can't moderate it, they should pull the plug on it," he said.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCu...

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Joe Polygraph wrote:

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I have also pierced the anonymity bubble by obtaining the source of threatening, harassing and defamatory posts someone was making about me on the internet. This case was also in Tarrant County.
The poster was a defendant himself and worked for a defendant in a case for which I was a plaintiff. It took damn near 4 months to get the person’s identity if I remember correctly. It can be done, but it is tricky and the semantics of the subpoena, court order and other requests must be spot on.
I was very lucky to have the help of some cops I know from child crimes divisions help me with sample subpoenas and court orders which worked for them in solicitation and child porn cases. This is how they find most of the child porn and child solicitors when they have no other way. No one is “anonymous” on the internet. You and your location can be traced and tracked.
This is why do my damnedest to be sure that what I say on a blog is either my opinion or a fact I can back up because there is one sure fire defense to defamation, the truth. I never hide my identity on the internet and have no problem revealing my identity to any anyone. As far as I am concerned, you should never say anything on the internet you are not ready to defend or say to that persons face.
The ninth ring of hell is reserved for cowards and trolls.

baroness77 wrote:

anyone who made the above comments about terrorism, and lawn fertilizers are the people that topix needs to get permanently rid of on here. i mean really topix. allowing people to admit to terrorism and funding it and supporting it????HELLO??? and such language...

The Zero Void Show wrote:

Wow, selecia knows me oh so well. NOT.
But then look who her bestest friend is. The moonieloonerprancer.
How you enjoying the weather in Cali?
I have said it a few times before. it bears repeating.
Cynthia Moreno, selecia jones, MikeLv and Darren, with their posts, actually end up pushing people to run to my side, and only make me look good. they are just not smart enough nor wise enough to understand this. It's called the columbine effect. Who do you feel sorry for. The kids that were bullied or harrassed endlessly for four years? Or the bullies those kids hunted down and killed?

The Zero Void Show wrote:

Wow, selecia knows me oh so well. NOT.
But then look who her bestest friend is. The moonieloonerprancer.
How you enjoying the weather in Cali?
I have said it a few times before. it bears repeating.
Cynthia Moreno, selecia jones, MikeLv and Darren, with their posts, actually end up pushing people to run to my side, and only make me look good. they are just not smart enough nor wise enough to understand this. It's called the columbine effect. Who do you feel sorry for. The kids that were bullied or harrassed endlessly for four years? Or the bullies those kids hunted down and killed?

Selecia Jones- JAX FL wrote:

<quoted text>You apparently know me even less. I am in JAX, FLA and not anywhere else. Looks like COMCAST just puts up Fresno as the ISP location. But you are the smart one.....right ZERO!!! LOL!

baroness77 wrote:

anyone who made the above comments about terrorism, and lawn fertilizers are the people that topix needs to get permanently rid of on here. i mean really topix. allowing people to admit to terrorism and funding it and supporting it????HELLO??? and such language...

jimahall wrote:

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Any idea who has Mooresville NC as their IP address? Have a person threatening and harrassing on another thread. While in Branson MO last week I posted and it showed I was in La Junta CO.

Selecia Jones- JAX FL wrote:

<quoted text>You can set your profile to private and they can't follow you.