Sniffy Politician Got Flamed Once Too Often
"Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.
The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.
Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.
If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.
The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.
Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.
If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.
Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying. He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district."
posted by nolocontendere at 11:45 PM
4 Comments:
Argh! Me days are numbered!
"The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site."
Um, don't we already have that with google when we sign in to Blogger?
Flailing attempts to put the genie back in the botle.
anon - better find another name!
RSB - it's pretty much assured that every comment or keystroke is stored somewhere.
This bill will never pass and you can take that to the bank but do it soon as the banks don't look too secure.
I once proposed that all porn sites have a .XXX moniker but that was rejected.. You don't suppose it had anything to do with the Big Bad Wolf out in the WWWoods do you?
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