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Bloggers have no right to hide their identities, a British judge ruled.

The case involved a UK police officer and his political and sometimes critical blog "NightJack," in which he wrote about policing, as well as controversial social and political issues. The blog has now been deleted, according to the Times, a newspaper based in London.
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Detective constable Richard Horton

In a landmark decision, Mr Justice Eady refused to grant an order to protect the anonymity of a police officer who is the author of the NightJack blog. The officer, Richard Horton, 45, a detective constable with Lancashire Constabulary, had sought an injunction to stop The Times from revealing his name.

In April Mr Horton was awarded the Orwell Prize for political writing, but the judges were unaware that he was using information about cases, some involving sex offences against children, that could be traced back to genuine prosecutions.