Two days ago at TechRepublic Jason Falls wrote about “The case of anonymity in social media“. One lawyer Falls interviewed said that courts are just starting to police anonymous commenting on websites, but that it’s a “growing trend”. Excerpt:
Anonymous comments are often the bane of every community manager’s existence. Even the website editorial staffs for major newspapers – perhaps the biggest perpetrators of allowing anonymity online – hate the fact random people can leave random anything on their websites.
Gannett, one of the largest publishers of newspapers and media properties in the world, introduced article comments in 2006 and, according to social media director Jodi Gersh, the company’s dismay with comments has grown. Now the media giant is pushing toward holding commentors accountable for their words.
With thanks to Kevin Driscoll (not pictured above).