The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.It would probably decrease commenting by about 90% and as AP notes would probably increase the intelligent conversation one hundred-fold.
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.
And before you ask, yes, the esteemed Representative who wishes to destroy the Constitution is a Republican.
Where in the Constitution does it state that it is legal to threaten a person or the government as long as it is anonymous? That goes for slander and seditious statements also.
ReplyDeleteTheodore F Annonson, Msgt. Retired
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I, too, am a Republican, and I, too believe that all communications should be signed by the author.
Thanks for the comment Master Sgt. Anonymity is a basic right, people can be bold and say what they think or cowardly and hide behind a pseudonym.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your service, my friend. This former Navy guy respects your opinion.