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Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Mar 11, 2008 11:18am |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 5, 2008 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | 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. |
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