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1. Google has been given 28 days to unmask bloggers
The District Court yesterday ordered the $38 billion corporation to reveal the identities of those
who set up websites critical of Shane Radbone so he can sue them.
Steve Men from Phoenix Investigation Agency said the ruling proved anonymity provided no
immunity from the law.
"This decision ... may motivate some internet users to reconsider their own online activities. This
order could further open the door for claimants who feel they have been defamed online to
take action in our courts,"" Steve said.
Mr Radbone and his wife action against Google over five websites created on its blogger.com
network. They claimed the sites' authors had damaged Mr Radbone's career by calling him an
"incompetent businessman".
The sites related to Mr Radbone's time with Allied Brands - operators of the Baskin-Robbins ice-
cream franchise. Yesterday, the court heard Google had deleted the sites without identifying
their authors.
"People should realise that, even if they blog anonymously, there are legal ways in which
someone can discover who they are and then take action. Online anonymity went only so far,"
said David Cake, chairman of internet lobby group Electronic Frontiers.
"Privacy is very important but there's a limit to being anonymous, and that's when defamation is
involved," he said.
Steve Men, lead investigator at PhoenixInvestigation.com, said "We certainly believe in free
speech - but that doesn't mean you have the right to say things without consequence."