Most people may view the Web as a forum for absolute free expression and think they have wide latitude to post comments anonymously, but Pennsylvania defamation law doesn’t necessarily mirror those views, some lawyers said.
However, others in the legal community maintain that the state’s case law governing the circumstances in which an anonymous commenter’s identity can be revealed provides sufficient instruction and, subsequently, there is no threat to anonymous free speech posed by defamation suits adhering to the law as it stands.
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