[EL] Twitter sues - and Seth Waxman urges protection for anonymous speech

[Steve Hoersting]

Re: Rick's #3: He may be surprised at the support received from the
deregulation groups (though I prefer "free-speech groups"--as I am
rights-oriented, not marketplace-oriented; itself a key distinction).

I have long believed the informational interest is, too often, the
"retribution interest," and less so the "enlighten-me interest" --
particularly outside the context of candidate-centered speech; and
particularly bad when the retribution is from officials.

But I cannot say where I am on the Twitter matter: I am not familiar with
Seth's case.

Steve

On Apr 7, 2017 10:21 AM, "Rick Hasen" <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

> 1. I imagine Twitter is a paying client for Seth Waxman, and this does not
> necessarily represent his personal views.
> 2. Even for those of us who support strong disclosure laws, there is an
> exemption when the government singles out people for harassment (Brown v.
> Socialist Workers Party).  From the Twitter complaint: “Such fears are
> likely to be especially great for users of “alternative agency” accounts
> who are currently employed by the very agency that is a principal target of
> the commentary, in light of the retaliation, harassment, or even loss of
> livelihood that might occur if their real identities became known to their
> superiors.”
> 3. Will all the campaign finance deregulation groups that oppose
> disclosure come out and condemn the attempt to unmask the identity of the
> Twitter user?
>
> Rick
>
> On 4/7/17, 3:32 AM, "law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu on
> behalf of Jason Torchinsky" <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
> on behalf of jtorchinsky at hvjt.law> wrote:
>
>     All,
>
>     It is amazing to see this complaint urging the court to protect
> against government disclosure of speech.
>
>     Jason
>
>
>
>
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