Semi-OT: Lawmaker wants anonymous posting to be illegal

[Bob Stockler]

Ken Brody wrote (on Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 04:34:43PM -0400):

| Several links here:
| 
|      http://news.google.com/news?q=tim+couch+anonymous
| 
| Representative article:
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| http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html
| 
| Basically, Kentucky state legislator Tim Couch (supposedly in an effort to
| fight online bullying) wants to make it illegal to anonymously post messages
| on the Internet.  And, if a website owner doesn't verify your real name,
| e-mail address, and physical address, and allows you to post, he faces a
| fine of $500 for a first "offense" and $1000 for each additional "offense".
| (Also, all posts must have your full real name listed along with the post.)

He's probably a left-wing Socialist, Communist-Leaning, Democrat
trying to give Kentucky a bad name.  I've never heard of him before.

However, he is trying to prevent a recent problem - recently a woman
logged onto an InterNet site and posed as a friend/neighbor of a girl
and posted "bad things" about her (the poster was the mother of a girl
who was a friend of the victim).

The victim girl comitted sucide as a result.

Bad problem, bad solution to it.  What's your solution ? ? ?

Bob

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