Discord — Lawsuit
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US Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero upheld a subpoena ordering Discord to turn over account data of anonymous users who participated in planning the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right rally. The ruling rejected First Amendment anonymous-speech arguments, finding that plaintiffs' need for the information outweighed users' anonymity interests. This set a precedent that Discord user data could be compelled through civil discovery.
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