http://clipmarks.com/popular/date/2007/6/17/http://rss.clipmarks.com/popular/date/2007/6/17/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/CBCDB8C5-65AC-4BC0-B648-A4EF913CA30F/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/sohil/">sohil</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Yay!<img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/icons/smilies/grin.gif" alt="" /> <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/" title="http://www.techcrunch.com/">www.techcrunch.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Legal action by two women from Yale aimed at college discussion board <A href="http://www.autoadmit.com/">AutoAdmit<IMG src="http://shots.snap.com/images/v2.9/t.gif" class="snap_preview_icon" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" /></A> could pose a threat to anonymous trolling</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/sohil/512/654FC090-E0EA-40C7-9B6F-33D0D62D9FF9.png" alt="troll.png" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-06-17T010410Z_01_N15292674_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-USA-INTERNET-LAWSUIT.XML">Reuters reports<IMG src="http://shots.snap.com/images/v2.9/t.gif" class="snap_preview_icon" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" /></A> that the suit lodged June 8 in the U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut includes subpoenas for 28 anonymous users of AutoAdmit, all of whom had defamed the women and subsequently are alleged to have cost an internship.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Although the case may well turn into an argument in relation to free speech online, it’s difficult to sympathize with the trolls. Free speech does need to be defended but it must be respected; with any power comes responsibility. Slandering people anonymously, particularly where that slander has direct consequences is a step too far. It’s amazing how many people seem to have a disconnect between the online world and offline world, one where perfectly sane and normal people who would never so much as say boo about anyone offline become the direct opposite online</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/anonymous/" rel="tag">anonymous</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/troll/" rel="tag">troll</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/internet/" rel="tag">internet</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/web+2.0/" rel="tag">web 2.0</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/free+speech/" rel="tag">free speech</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/civil+rights/" rel="tag">civil rights</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/yale/" rel="tag">yale</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/college/" rel="tag">college</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/hate+speech/" rel="tag">hate speech</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/court/" rel="tag">court</a></div>http://www.techcrunch.com/Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:11:49 GMT