Judge: App user not entitled to anonymity in rally case

Leaked Discord messages indicate a woman, identified only as

A social media platform can be compelled to divulge account information belonging to a woman who anonymously chatted online about plans for last summer's deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a federal magistrate judge ruled.

US Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero's 28-page order says the woman's First Amendment rights to anonymous speech don't outweigh the importance of disclosing her identity to plaintiffs' attorneys suing over the rally's violence. Leaked Discord messages indicate the woman, identified only as "Jane Doe" in court papers, likely was involved in planning the event last August, the magistrate said.