1.0CLP Bloghttps://clpblog.citizen.orgPaul Levyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rrNGzE6qDa"><a href="https://clpblog.citizen.org/california-court-of-appeals-creates-new-argument-for-protecting-anonymous-online-speech/">California Court of Appeals Creates New Argument for Protecting Anonymous Online Speech</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://clpblog.citizen.org/california-court-of-appeals-creates-new-argument-for-protecting-anonymous-online-speech/embed/#?secret=rrNGzE6qDa" width="600" height="338" title="“California Court of Appeals Creates New Argument for Protecting Anonymous Online Speech” — CLP Blog" data-secret="rrNGzE6qDa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> by Paul Alan Levy In a decision issued today, the California Second District Court of Appeal has created an additional way for anonymous speakers, and for web operators who host anonymous comments, to protect the right to speak anonymously.   Instead of invoking the First Amendment as courts in other states, and indeed other appellate courts [...]