A model who was the subject of unflattering comments by anonymous bloggers and commenters is trying to get Google (who runs the Blogger blog hosting service) to reveal the identities of those making the rude remarks.

As a policy matter, Google does not reveal bloggers' identities without a court order. "We sympathize with anyone who may be the victim of cyber bullying. We also take great care to respect privacy concerns and will only provide information about a user in response to a subpoena or other court order," a spokesperson said.

The real question is whether making insulting remarks that are not factual observations merits such disclosure. Past cases have indicated that it does not. An interesting twist in this case is that since the plaintiff is a model who relies on her reputation to gain and keep clients, she might be able to show actual damages. Supposedly, one client questioned her about her unflattering portrayal in the blog.

Read more here [mediapost.com]