The Associated Press reports on a case in New York where a person is seeking the identity of an anonymous blogger:

The head of New York City’s transit union wants to go after an anonymous blogger who has blasted him, asking a court to force Google to give up his critic’s name.

John Samuelsen says in court papers filed Friday that the blog has repeatedly defamed him with false accusations of incompetence and financial improprieties. […]

A number of similar court requests have cropped up since Vogue cover model Liskula Cohen got an online detractor’s name by court order last year.

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