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Re: Feedom of speech
by
suchmoon
on 13/11/2019, 17:46:01 UTC
Let's say (hypothetically) someone knows my personal information (ID and stuffs) if they want to harass me in a legal court for anything then they will need to file a case against me right? And in this case can they file the case keeping their personal information hidden?

Filing a defamation lawsuit anonymously would defeat the whole idea of defamation, since someone's reputation (or damage thereof) is typically a public matter. Depending on jurisdiction this would be either impossible or only allowed in exceptional cases, e.g. involving abuse of minors. Besides trolls don't file lawsuits, particularly broke-ass trolls that beg for "donations" although they can cause other damage if they get a hold of someone's personal information.

But most of that is not subject to forum rules. The few things that they can do on the forum (like doxing) will not be acted upon until after the fact. In other words the troll won't be banned for merely threatening unless it's a threat of violence.