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.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal
Gosh, what is it these days with wanting to clamp down freedom of speech and expression? It's the progressive fascistization of the world. This moron of a lawmaker wants to make anonymous posting illegal on the web.
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This guy makes me ashamed to be from east Kentucky. Can't politicians find some issues to grandstand with that won't further cripple our freedoms? And isn't that what it's really all about? Politicos trying to boost their careers with what is perceived to be decisive action on the part of their constituents. It really looks like they're doing something when they're enacting reckless, dangerous laws, eh?
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. Just found an article about the debt. Whatever one's ideology, this is unacceptable. Maybe the self-aggrandizing politician doesn't want us in an uproar about their poor governing
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