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AOL Supports Anonymous Web Posters

AOL Time Warner filed a brief in support of protecting the anonymity of Internet users who post messages to web bulletin boards. In the brief, the company argued that lawsuits against anonymous posters threaten free speech rights.

AOL Brief, ACLU Web Site.
AOL Blasts Cybersmear Suits As a Threat to Free Speech, Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2001 (subscription required).