Comments on: Regulating anonymous blogs? http://www.cearta.ie/2008/09/regulating-anonymous-blogs/ the Irish for rights Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:01:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The end of anonymity? – Lex Ferenda http://www.cearta.ie/2008/09/regulating-anonymous-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-11914 The end of anonymity? – Lex Ferenda Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:21:41 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=789#comment-11914 [...] claim. I agree that the protection of anonymity is an aspect of free speech (see an excellent discussion of these issues by Eoin O’Dell here)and would support such arguments if, for example, an application was being made by another party to [...] [...] claim. I agree that the protection of anonymity is an aspect of free speech (see an excellent discussion of these issues by Eoin O’Dell here)and would support such arguments if, for example, an application was being made by another party to [...]

]]> By: cearta.ie » Why should “Anon.” get all the best lines? Reflections on anonymous political speech http://www.cearta.ie/2008/09/regulating-anonymous-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-7783 cearta.ie » Why should “Anon.” get all the best lines? Reflections on anonymous political speech Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:32:35 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=789#comment-7783 [...] that I have strongly defended anonymous speech on this blog (here and here), Sarah Hinchliff Pearons’s blogpost Accountability and Anonymity: Rethinking the [...] [...] that I have strongly defended anonymous speech on this blog (here and here), Sarah Hinchliff Pearons’s blogpost Accountability and Anonymity: Rethinking the [...]

]]> By: cearta.ie » Cowengate and Freedom of Expression http://www.cearta.ie/2008/09/regulating-anonymous-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-7660 cearta.ie » Cowengate and Freedom of Expression Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:52:36 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=789#comment-7660 [...] Daily Show (to say nothing of Martyn Turner’s wonderful political cartoons), even where it is anonymously [...] [...] Daily Show (to say nothing of Martyn Turner’s wonderful political cartoons), even where it is anonymously [...]

]]> By: Teacher Dude http://www.cearta.ie/2008/09/regulating-anonymous-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-6599 Teacher Dude Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:36:18 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=789#comment-6599 There has recently been uproar in the Greek language blogosphere when the newly appointed minister for justice supposedly proposed similar legislation in order to get bloggers to write under their own names for legal purposes. BTW Teacher Dude is not the name my parents gave me. There has recently been uproar in the Greek language blogosphere when the newly appointed minister for justice supposedly proposed similar legislation in order to get bloggers to write under their own names for legal purposes.

BTW Teacher Dude is not the name my parents gave me.

]]> By: Technomist http://www.cearta.ie/2008/09/regulating-anonymous-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-4498 Technomist Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:55:56 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=789#comment-4498 Technomist is not my real name. If I said it was Joe Blogs, would you believe it was more real and relax more than if I said I was Sir Reginald St John Grimaldi-Thrump? Or would you prefer to know that I have chosen not to pollute your mind with a preconception and admitted up front that I don't what you to know who I am or why I prefer to be anonymous. Marianne Mikko. What should bloggers fear from the person of that name? Kind of a personality is she hiding behind that innocent , almost cute, sounding moniker? What agenda has she got in wanting to make it easier to identify her critics? Does she have things she is interested in that make her want to discourage people from saying things about her? Has she declared these interests? What expenses and salary has she claimed from the taxpayers of Europe while she has been working so hard to take away their rights to anonymous comment? Does she think we should be told? Technomist is not my real name. If I said it was Joe Blogs, would you believe it was more real and relax more than if I said I was Sir Reginald St John Grimaldi-Thrump? Or would you prefer to know that I have chosen not to pollute your mind with a preconception and admitted up front that I don’t what you to know who I am or why I prefer to be anonymous.

Marianne Mikko. What should bloggers fear from the person of that name? Kind of a personality is she hiding behind that innocent , almost cute, sounding moniker? What agenda has she got in wanting to make it easier to identify her critics? Does she have things she is interested in that make her want to discourage people from saying things about her? Has she declared these interests? What expenses and salary has she claimed from the taxpayers of Europe while she has been working so hard to take away their rights to anonymous comment? Does she think we should be told?

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