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October 9, 2009
Andrew Bergh: Trash talk on a blog: Is it fact or opinion?
By ANDREW BERGH
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Do anonymous bloggers have free speech rights?
Of course they do. But as shown by a New York case called Cohen v. Google, Inc., those who blog namelessly can't use the First Amendment as a shield for defamatory conduct.
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