Abstract

     Anti-employer bloggers often use the anonymity of a blog to disclose information about employers or engage in discourse that the employer may perceive as adverse. Employers are increasingly willing to use the power of the courts against such anonymous bloggers. This situation has created a tension between anonymous speech rights and an employer’s right to defend its legitimate business interests against disparagement, defamation. Since traditional anonymous speech principles have proven inadequate at resolving this tension, this article proposes new legal theories designed to ameliorate the problem.