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Yale Students Unmask Anonymous Critics; Legal Careers at Risk

Posted Jul 31, 2008, 03:50 pm CDT
By Martha Neil

Apparent law students who posted nasty comments about female classmates on the Internet thought they were doing so anonymously.

But now two female Yale Law School students who sued over the AutoAdmit posts have identified at least some of those who made the vile comments, including posts that said women should be sexually assaulted, reports Wired. "All now face the likely publication of their names in court records—potentially marking a death sentence for the comment trolls' budding legal careers even before the case has gone to trial."

The case has sparked considerable debate over what the limits of free speech on the Internet should be, Wired notes in a lengthy article on the subject.

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