In split decision, judge orders S-R to identify one anonymous online commenter
The Spokesman-Review must provide information that could identify an anonymous reader who typed a disparaging online comment about the chairwoman of the Kootenai County Republican Party in February, an Idaho judge ruled Tuesday. You can read our full story here at spokesman.com, and read 1st District Judge John Luster's ruling here. The judge ordered the newspaper to identify one of the three commenters targeted, but not the other two; the S-R hasn't yet decided whether to appeal.