According to The New York Times, Andrew Anglin, whereabouts unknown, could be on the hook for a bit of cash.
The publisher of a neo-Nazi website should pay more than $14 million in damages for encouraging "an online anti-Semitic harassment and intimidation campaign" against a woman in 2016, a federal magistrate judge in Montana recommended on Monday.
In his opinion, the judge, Jeremiah Lynch, also recommended that the publisher, Andrew Anglin, be made to remove all blog posts from the website, The Daily Stormer, that encouraged readers to contact the woman, Tanya Gersh, and her family.
Within months of Mr. Anglin's call for a "troll storm" against them, Ms. Gersh and her family had received more than 700 vulgar and hateful messages, many referring to the Holocaust. They temporarily fled their home.
Mr. Anglin did not appear in court, and his location is unknown. He did not respond to an email on Monday requesting comment on the lawsuit. And it was not clear how much money if any could ever be collected from him.
Nice that Andrew has gone back to where he's from, allegedly Thailand.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Thexalon on Wednesday July 17 2019, @01:21AM (5 children)
You're trying to claim that these are equivalent:
1. "Here are some people living near you with the means to kill you and your family."
2. "Here is exactly where you can find specific people that we'd like to make sure fear for their safety, and wouldn't mind seeing dead."
They aren't. Not legally, not morally.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday July 17 2019, @04:12AM (2 children)
Not morally? You need to have your moral compass recalibrated.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Wednesday July 17 2019, @09:37AM (1 child)
Runaway, you are an idiot. I know I have said it before, but you have just made it apparent again. You are an idiot.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 17 2019, @03:56PM
Wow, a concise (for ari) insult. Can't get much clearer than that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 17 2019, @05:17AM
Release all motor vehicle licensing info!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 17 2019, @07:22PM
Pants on fire, man. Look at your lying face in a mirror and feel shame. If you're still capable of it.