RE: Savage making defamatory statements13 Jan 2025 14:23
oh well savage_keyboardr😄
you'll never know how far some people determination can go to in getting that information.
9th january 2025
what happens when someone subpoenas cloudflare to unmask a blogger?
oh well savage_keyboardr😄
you'll never know how far some people determination can go to in getting that information.
9th january 2025
what happens when someone subpoenas cloudflare to unmask a blogger?
a former deputy mayor in the uk has subpoenaed cloudflare in the us to discover the identity of an anonymous british political blogger.
initially, the network infrastructure giant gave the blog owner, who pays cloudflare to optimize their wordpress site, until the end of this week to file a legal challenge in the states against the subpoena, or have their personal details handed over to the ex-official. on tuesday, the san francisco-based corporation agreed to delay disclosure until january 29.
the subpoena was granted in california by federal district judge james donato in october based on a complaint filed by daniel may****, the former deputy mayor of tamworth, a town in staffordshire, england.
may**** had asked the american court to compel cloudflare to identify the operator of the website debunking tamworth, claiming an article it published online the year before contained false and defamatory statements that have hindered may****'s future academic and political opportunities and have inflicted emotional distress.
the ex-politician made his claim under 28 u.s.c. §1782, a statute that aims to simplify the discovery process in the us for litigation in foreign courts. the use of the law has increased substantially in recent years, according to seyfarth shaw llp.
may**** did not respond to a request for comment. the offending post, which included a screenshot of unsubstantiated claims about the former deputy mayor from a social media site, has since been removed.
"when i started the blog, it was with good intentions," the site publisher told the register on condition of anonymity, explaining the dot-com was set up to scrutinize those in the political sphere of tamworth. "the blog grew and grew until this year we hit 10,000 unique visits per month. the blog was never intended to ever cause anyone any harm."
read here: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/uk_blog_cloudflare_subpoena/