[Infowarrior] - KY Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal

[Richard Forno]

....yeah, riiiiight!  --rf
 

Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal
 
Wednesday, Mar 05, 2008 - 11:11 PM Updated: 12:40 PM
 
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By Kellie Wilson
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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.

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.

Action News 36 asked people what they thought about the bill.

 Some said they felt it was a violation of First Amendment rights. Others
say it is a good tool toward eliminating online harassment.

Represntative Couch says enforcing this bill if it became law would be a
challenge.