| Title | PubPeer Fights to Protect Anonymous Commenters from Defamation Case | |
| Date | Thursday December 18 2014, @11:29AM | |
| Author | LaminatorX | |
| Topic | ||
| from the Anonymous-Covered dept. | ||
PubPeer "filed a motion to quash a subpoena filed on behalf of a cancer researcher who claims that PubPeer comments noting potential image irregularities in his publications cost him a lucrative new job."
The researcher claims that the anonymous "suggestions of misconduct caused the University of Mississippi to rescind its offer of a tenured faculty position that he had accepted" in a suit "against multiple “John Does” for defamation and interference with a business relationship"
PubPeer is confident in their position and explain, "the First Amendment is on our side. It protects the right to anonymous speech. The right isn’t absolute, but it protects those who choose to remain anonymous when engaging in lawful speech".
http://news.sciencemag.org/people-events/2014/12/defamation-case-pubpeer-moves-quash-subpoena-unmask-anonymous-commenters
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