Civil Liberties | Individuals’ Ability to Communicate Anonymously Via the Internet Is Threatened

About the author: Jonathan D. Wallace is an attorney and the author of Sex, Law, and Cyberspace: Freedom and Censorship on the Frontiers of the Online Revolution.

In a 1997 decision, a Federal district court in Georgia invalidated a state law criminalizing anonymous and pseudonymous Internet communications. In so doing, the court issued a decision consistent with centuries of American tradition and jurisprudence. Throughout the history of the U.S., pseudonymous and anonymous authors have made a rich contribution to political discourse. Had the court held any other way, it...

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