Should Plainfield bloggers beware?
The intrepid Kelly Heyboer, the Ledger's point person on all things blogish in Jersey, landed a front page story this morning on the maneuvers by Manalapan's township attorney to force Google to divulge the identity of the blogger behind the 'daTruthSquad' blog.
Now, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a national organization dedicated to protecting First Amendment rights on the Internet, has involved itself in the case. EFF is taking up the case of former mayor and township attorney Stuart Moskovitz, whom Manalapan officials suspect is behind the blog.
Moskovitz is also embroiled in a nasty court case with the township over a land deal gone bad. But it seems likely that the pols are interested because the unnamed writer seems to know a lot of inside dirt about Manalapan politics.
Who ever thought pols had thin skins?
A reader emailed me with concerns about whether Manalapan's tactic would spread northward to Plainfield.
Should Plainfield bloggers beware?
Nah! None of us is a 'venomous blogger'.
Besides, everyone knows who we are.
Ledger: "Shielding face of N.J. blogger"
Blog: "daTruthSquad"
The Transcript (local paper): "Manalapan case draws Google into the mix"
EFF: "Electronic Frontier Foundation"
EFF: "Manalapan vs. Moskowitz"
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