A defamation bill currently proposed in the British Parliament would force website operators to reveal the identities of anyone posting defamatory comments on their forums. Multiple companies and individual have threatened to take legal action in the past against so-called ‘trolls,’ but, due to costs and current legal constraints, identification of these individuals is often difficult and drawn-out.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=157001