Yelp has to reveal identity of some anonymous users, says US court

Sooraj Shah
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If users aren't customers then they are not exempted from freedom of speech laws, says Judge

Yelp, the online business review site, has to identify the real identities of users that posted negative comments on the website, a US court has heard. Joe Hadeed of Hadeed Carpet Cleaning had s...

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