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Is there any law requiring journalists, online editors or others who
report or distribute news to accurately identify themselves?
Do websites, such as Wikipedia and StackExchange, which many rely on for facts and answers, allow people to have multiple online identities? Does any law restrict this?
If there are not such laws now in place, could there be?
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Is there any law requiring journalists, online editors or others who
report or distribute news to accurately identify themselves?
Do websites, such as Wikipedia and StackExchange, which many rely on for facts and answers, allow people to have multiple online identities? Does any law restrict this?
If there are not such laws now in place, could there be?
fraud
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I really don't know what you are asking here, it seems like you want to know why there are no laws that require licenses or specific degrees for journalists/reporters? Being a reporter is an extension of our first amendment rights, to be able to publicly state our opinion without government getting involved, how would you propose that regulation not step in the way of that first right given to us so many years ago? Either way, this is off-topic here.
– Ron Beyer
7 hours ago
Asking what laws do or do not require public disclosure of a speaker's identity seems very much on-topic here. I do agree that the question should be edited to improve its clarity.
– David Siegel
7 hours ago
@DavidSiegel – I agree, but the present edit is still too unclear to merit reopening. Perhaps you could edit it to simply ask the question to which you have provided a good answer below? KickdWylDown: Please take the tour to get an idea of how Q&A works on Stack Exchange.
– feetwet♦
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@feetwet I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
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@Ron Beyer I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
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Is there any law requiring journalists, online editors or others who
report or distribute news to accurately identify themselves?
Do websites, such as Wikipedia and StackExchange, which many rely on for facts and answers, allow people to have multiple online identities? Does any law restrict this?
If there are not such laws now in place, could there be?
fraud
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report or distribute news to accurately identify themselves?
Do websites, such as Wikipedia and StackExchange, which many rely on for facts and answers, allow people to have multiple online identities? Does any law restrict this?
If there are not such laws now in place, could there be?
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I really don't know what you are asking here, it seems like you want to know why there are no laws that require licenses or specific degrees for journalists/reporters? Being a reporter is an extension of our first amendment rights, to be able to publicly state our opinion without government getting involved, how would you propose that regulation not step in the way of that first right given to us so many years ago? Either way, this is off-topic here.
– Ron Beyer
7 hours ago
Asking what laws do or do not require public disclosure of a speaker's identity seems very much on-topic here. I do agree that the question should be edited to improve its clarity.
– David Siegel
7 hours ago
@DavidSiegel – I agree, but the present edit is still too unclear to merit reopening. Perhaps you could edit it to simply ask the question to which you have provided a good answer below? KickdWylDown: Please take the tour to get an idea of how Q&A works on Stack Exchange.
– feetwet♦
2 hours ago
@feetwet I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
11 mins ago
@Ron Beyer I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
11 mins ago
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I really don't know what you are asking here, it seems like you want to know why there are no laws that require licenses or specific degrees for journalists/reporters? Being a reporter is an extension of our first amendment rights, to be able to publicly state our opinion without government getting involved, how would you propose that regulation not step in the way of that first right given to us so many years ago? Either way, this is off-topic here.
– Ron Beyer
7 hours ago
Asking what laws do or do not require public disclosure of a speaker's identity seems very much on-topic here. I do agree that the question should be edited to improve its clarity.
– David Siegel
7 hours ago
@DavidSiegel – I agree, but the present edit is still too unclear to merit reopening. Perhaps you could edit it to simply ask the question to which you have provided a good answer below? KickdWylDown: Please take the tour to get an idea of how Q&A works on Stack Exchange.
– feetwet♦
2 hours ago
@feetwet I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
11 mins ago
@Ron Beyer I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
11 mins ago
I really don't know what you are asking here, it seems like you want to know why there are no laws that require licenses or specific degrees for journalists/reporters? Being a reporter is an extension of our first amendment rights, to be able to publicly state our opinion without government getting involved, how would you propose that regulation not step in the way of that first right given to us so many years ago? Either way, this is off-topic here.
– Ron Beyer
7 hours ago
I really don't know what you are asking here, it seems like you want to know why there are no laws that require licenses or specific degrees for journalists/reporters? Being a reporter is an extension of our first amendment rights, to be able to publicly state our opinion without government getting involved, how would you propose that regulation not step in the way of that first right given to us so many years ago? Either way, this is off-topic here.
– Ron Beyer
7 hours ago
Asking what laws do or do not require public disclosure of a speaker's identity seems very much on-topic here. I do agree that the question should be edited to improve its clarity.
– David Siegel
7 hours ago
Asking what laws do or do not require public disclosure of a speaker's identity seems very much on-topic here. I do agree that the question should be edited to improve its clarity.
– David Siegel
7 hours ago
@DavidSiegel – I agree, but the present edit is still too unclear to merit reopening. Perhaps you could edit it to simply ask the question to which you have provided a good answer below? KickdWylDown: Please take the tour to get an idea of how Q&A works on Stack Exchange.
– feetwet♦
2 hours ago
@DavidSiegel – I agree, but the present edit is still too unclear to merit reopening. Perhaps you could edit it to simply ask the question to which you have provided a good answer below? KickdWylDown: Please take the tour to get an idea of how Q&A works on Stack Exchange.
– feetwet♦
2 hours ago
@feetwet I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
11 mins ago
@feetwet I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
11 mins ago
@Ron Beyer I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
11 mins ago
@Ron Beyer I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
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There is no US law licensing journalists or people who report the news, or requiring such people to identify themselves by legal name. Nor can there be under the US First Amendment. There is also no law requiring a person to identify himself or herself by legal name online. Some sites, including Wikipedia, have policies against having multiple undisclosed user IDs for the same person, but that is a matter of the site's own rules, not a matter of law. Any US law mandating this would again run afoul of the First Amendment to the US Federal Constitution.
This article on Anonymous Speech reviews and cites a number of US Supreme court cases on the subject of anonymity, mostly in political contexts. This article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) discusses the same general subject. Both articles mention that The Federalist (analyzing and advocating for the then-unratified US Constitution) was originally published under the pseudonym "Publis".
The EFF Article "Court Recognizes First Amendment Right to Anonymity Even After Speakers Lose Lawsuits" discusses the 6th Circuit case of Signature Management Team, LLC v. John Doe in which it was held that an anonymous blogger who lost a copyright infringement suit could nonetheless remain anonymous. This page apparently from a Harvard course, lists and briefly describes several cases on the same subject.
In Doe v. Cahill, 884 A.2d 451 (Del. 2005) an elected official sued an online poster for defamation, and sought to force the ISP involved to disclose the poster's identity. The Delaware Supreme Court ruled against this, setting a standard offering greater protection for such anonymous online speech than previous cases had.
This answer is very US-centric. Laws in other countries are different. The OP has not specified a country or jurisdiction.
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There is no US law licensing journalists or people who report the news, or requiring such people to identify themselves by legal name. Nor can there be under the US First Amendment. There is also no law requiring a person to identify himself or herself by legal name online. Some sites, including Wikipedia, have policies against having multiple undisclosed user IDs for the same person, but that is a matter of the site's own rules, not a matter of law. Any US law mandating this would again run afoul of the First Amendment to the US Federal Constitution.
This article on Anonymous Speech reviews and cites a number of US Supreme court cases on the subject of anonymity, mostly in political contexts. This article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) discusses the same general subject. Both articles mention that The Federalist (analyzing and advocating for the then-unratified US Constitution) was originally published under the pseudonym "Publis".
The EFF Article "Court Recognizes First Amendment Right to Anonymity Even After Speakers Lose Lawsuits" discusses the 6th Circuit case of Signature Management Team, LLC v. John Doe in which it was held that an anonymous blogger who lost a copyright infringement suit could nonetheless remain anonymous. This page apparently from a Harvard course, lists and briefly describes several cases on the same subject.
In Doe v. Cahill, 884 A.2d 451 (Del. 2005) an elected official sued an online poster for defamation, and sought to force the ISP involved to disclose the poster's identity. The Delaware Supreme Court ruled against this, setting a standard offering greater protection for such anonymous online speech than previous cases had.
This answer is very US-centric. Laws in other countries are different. The OP has not specified a country or jurisdiction.
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There is no US law licensing journalists or people who report the news, or requiring such people to identify themselves by legal name. Nor can there be under the US First Amendment. There is also no law requiring a person to identify himself or herself by legal name online. Some sites, including Wikipedia, have policies against having multiple undisclosed user IDs for the same person, but that is a matter of the site's own rules, not a matter of law. Any US law mandating this would again run afoul of the First Amendment to the US Federal Constitution.
This article on Anonymous Speech reviews and cites a number of US Supreme court cases on the subject of anonymity, mostly in political contexts. This article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) discusses the same general subject. Both articles mention that The Federalist (analyzing and advocating for the then-unratified US Constitution) was originally published under the pseudonym "Publis".
The EFF Article "Court Recognizes First Amendment Right to Anonymity Even After Speakers Lose Lawsuits" discusses the 6th Circuit case of Signature Management Team, LLC v. John Doe in which it was held that an anonymous blogger who lost a copyright infringement suit could nonetheless remain anonymous. This page apparently from a Harvard course, lists and briefly describes several cases on the same subject.
In Doe v. Cahill, 884 A.2d 451 (Del. 2005) an elected official sued an online poster for defamation, and sought to force the ISP involved to disclose the poster's identity. The Delaware Supreme Court ruled against this, setting a standard offering greater protection for such anonymous online speech than previous cases had.
This answer is very US-centric. Laws in other countries are different. The OP has not specified a country or jurisdiction.
edited 2 hours ago
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answered 7 hours ago
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There is no US law licensing journalists or people who report the news, or requiring such people to identify themselves by legal name. Nor can there be under the US First Amendment. There is also no law requiring a person to identify himself or herself by legal name online. Some sites, including Wikipedia, have policies against having multiple undisclosed user IDs for the same person, but that is a matter of the site's own rules, not a matter of law. Any US law mandating this would again run afoul of the First Amendment to the US Federal Constitution.
This article on Anonymous Speech reviews and cites a number of US Supreme court cases on the subject of anonymity, mostly in political contexts. This article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) discusses the same general subject. Both articles mention that The Federalist (analyzing and advocating for the then-unratified US Constitution) was originally published under the pseudonym "Publis".
The EFF Article "Court Recognizes First Amendment Right to Anonymity Even After Speakers Lose Lawsuits" discusses the 6th Circuit case of Signature Management Team, LLC v. John Doe in which it was held that an anonymous blogger who lost a copyright infringement suit could nonetheless remain anonymous. This page apparently from a Harvard course, lists and briefly describes several cases on the same subject.
In Doe v. Cahill, 884 A.2d 451 (Del. 2005) an elected official sued an online poster for defamation, and sought to force the ISP involved to disclose the poster's identity. The Delaware Supreme Court ruled against this, setting a standard offering greater protection for such anonymous online speech than previous cases had.
This answer is very US-centric. Laws in other countries are different. The OP has not specified a country or jurisdiction.
edited 2 hours ago
feetwet♦
14.9k94499
answered 7 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
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There is no US law licensing journalists or people who report the news, or requiring such people to identify themselves by legal name. Nor can there be under the US First Amendment. There is also no law requiring a person to identify himself or herself by legal name online. Some sites, including Wikipedia, have policies against having multiple undisclosed user IDs for the same person, but that is a matter of the site's own rules, not a matter of law. Any US law mandating this would again run afoul of the First Amendment to the US Federal Constitution.
This article on Anonymous Speech reviews and cites a number of US Supreme court cases on the subject of anonymity, mostly in political contexts. This article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) discusses the same general subject. Both articles mention that The Federalist (analyzing and advocating for the then-unratified US Constitution) was originally published under the pseudonym "Publis".
The EFF Article "Court Recognizes First Amendment Right to Anonymity Even After Speakers Lose Lawsuits" discusses the 6th Circuit case of Signature Management Team, LLC v. John Doe in which it was held that an anonymous blogger who lost a copyright infringement suit could nonetheless remain anonymous. This page apparently from a Harvard course, lists and briefly describes several cases on the same subject.
In Doe v. Cahill, 884 A.2d 451 (Del. 2005) an elected official sued an online poster for defamation, and sought to force the ISP involved to disclose the poster's identity. The Delaware Supreme Court ruled against this, setting a standard offering greater protection for such anonymous online speech than previous cases had.
This answer is very US-centric. Laws in other countries are different. The OP has not specified a country or jurisdiction.
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answered 7 hours ago
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I really don't know what you are asking here, it seems like you want to know why there are no laws that require licenses or specific degrees for journalists/reporters? Being a reporter is an extension of our first amendment rights, to be able to publicly state our opinion without government getting involved, how would you propose that regulation not step in the way of that first right given to us so many years ago? Either way, this is off-topic here.
– Ron Beyer
7 hours ago
Asking what laws do or do not require public disclosure of a speaker's identity seems very much on-topic here. I do agree that the question should be edited to improve its clarity.
– David Siegel
7 hours ago
@DavidSiegel – I agree, but the present edit is still too unclear to merit reopening. Perhaps you could edit it to simply ask the question to which you have provided a good answer below? KickdWylDown: Please take the tour to get an idea of how Q&A works on Stack Exchange.
– feetwet♦
2 hours ago
@feetwet I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
11 mins ago
@Ron Beyer I have totally rewritten the question. I urge that it be reopened.
– David Siegel
11 mins ago