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3 Va. J.L. & Tech. 1 (1998)

handle is hein.journals/vjolt3 and id is 1 raw text is: 3 Va. J.L. & Tech. I (Spring 1998) <http://vjolt.student.virginia.edu> 1522-1687 / P 1998 Virginia Journal of Law and Technology Association VIRGINIA JOURNAL of LAW and TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SPRING 1998 3 VA. J.L. & TE CH. I Anonymous Internet Communication and the First Amendment: A Crack in the Dam of National Sovereignty by Michael H. SpencerMf* I. Introduction 11. An Overview of the First Amendment and Anonymity. 111. Defamation and Anonymous Communication IV. How is Anonymous Internet Communication Achieved? V. Internet Communication and the Role of Anonymity VI. Is Regulating Internet Communication Feasible and Practical in Global Communication? VI. Solutions to an International Problem VIII. Conclusion I. Introduction 1. Anonymous discourse has been an integral part of English and American literary and social development. Notable examples of literary pseudonymity come from the works of Charles Dickens1jj (Boz) and Samuel L. Clemensf2j (Mark Twain). The intertwining of anonymous rhetoric and American social development is also evidenced by the pen of Publiusjj (James Madison and Alexander Hamilton) in the Federalist Papers and the observations of Junius,[41 a pre-Revolutionary War English pamphleteer whose identity still remains unknown. Such literary history serves as a backdrop for the Supreme Court's interpretation of the First Amendment of the Constitution and its applicability to anonymous communication. 2. With the history of anonymity serving as a precursory element to America's political and social development, the Supreme Court began to shape the role of anonymity in First Amendment

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