John Doe, No. 1 v. Hon Eddy Coleman Judge, Pike Circuit Court

I respectfully dissent.

• The majority presents an overly restrictive requirement that all defamation plaintiffs must satisfy in-order to receive the most basic discovery information—the identities of the alleged defamers. More precisely, I respectfully submit that the majority’s rigid interpretation of the element of falsity is misguided. In so holding, the majority fails to address all of the arguments raised by the anonymous defendants and also fails to address each necés-*756sary element of defamation. Because our culture is becoming increasingly saturated by malicious memes and other online…