Judge: Neo-Nazi publisher could be liable for 'troll storm' [View all]
A neo-Nazi website's publisher could be held legally liable for the conduct of readers who carried out an anti-Semitic "troll storm" against a Montana real estate agent's family, a federal magistrate judge said in a court filing Thursday.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch recommends allowing Tanya Gersh to proceed with her lawsuit's claims against The Daily Stormer publisher Andrew Anglin.
Anglin's lawyers argue he has a constitutional right to express his "political speech" about Gersh and isn't liable for his readers' words or actions. But the magistrate said it isn't clear that Gersh's claims against Anglin are "barred as a matter of law" by the First Amendment.
Lynch's recommendation isn't the final word on Anglin's request to dismiss Gersh's case. Marc Randazza, one of Anglin's attorneys, said they "respectfully disagree" with the magistrate's conclusions and will ask a district court judge to review them.
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