Court Rejects Efforts to Identify Anoymous Webhost

Note: The post was co-authored by EFF legal intern Janelle Robins

In a victory for online expression, a U.S. District Court judge has quashed a subpoena aimed at revealing the identity of an anonymous person who simply hosted a website.

The background facts tell a too-familiar tale in the age of social media: a New Jersey man was fired from his job after an anti-fascist Twitter account suggested he was involved with a white supremacist organization. He and several others …