It seems a group of individuals were charged when they posted some "negative" comments on a public yahoo board. After this trial was processed by a court, they were found not guilty, on grounds of the First Amendment. So does this mean that it is officially legal to troll in California?
A California court has found that trolls are protected by the first amendment and are entitled to anonymity. The ruling comes despite previous cases where trolls have been arrested (be it once they have been disclosed) and hearings in other courts.
The court found that although the Internet is still bound by rules about libel, what was posted were not assertions of “actual fact” and not actionable under defamation law, therefore protected under the First Amendment, in sort of the same way parody is.
Source: [ TechCrunch ]
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