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One small step for mankind...
On Mar 10, 6:23*pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote: HK wrote: wrote: On Mar 10, 4:12 pm, HK wrote: Posted on Thu, Mar. 06, 2008 Anonymous Web postings targeted BILL WOULD REQUIRE NAMES, ADDRESSES By John Cheves A bill filed in the House would keep Kentuckians from posting anonymous comments to Web sites. House Bill 775, filed Tuesday by Rep. Tim Couch, R-Hyden, would require anyone who contributes to a Web site to register a real name, address and e-mail address with that Web site. The person's full name then would be used whenever he or she posted a comment. Web site operators who violate the disclosure law would be fined $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense. Couch readily acknowledged on Wednesday that his bill raises First Amendment issues regarding free speech, so he won't be pushing it. But he wanted to call attention to the phenomenon of unkind and often untrue comments about people being posted online by Kentuckians hiding behind the cloak of anonymity. "Some nasty things have been said about high school kids in my district, usually by other kids," Couch said. "The adults get in on it, too." "When you're anonymous, you can say anything you want to about someone, and nobody knows who you are," he said. Couch said he, too, has been the subject of anonymous online roasting, and while he doesn't enjoy it, he doesn't think there's much the legislature can do about it. "I think right now (online posting) is pretty much just on its own. It's a machine that's going to go its own way," Couch said. "The state can try to pass some rules, but I don't really think it would do anything." - - - Not quite my idea for shedding the cloak of anonymity, but it's a start. |
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