Thursday, May 24, 2012

Re: Legislation In New York To Ban Anonymous Speech Online

two catholic boys who hate free speech

On May 23, 4:15 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/23/0455226/legislation-in-new-yor...
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>  Legislation In New York To Ban Anonymous Speech Online****
>
> "Republican Assemblyman Jim
> Conte<http://www.lipolitics.com/blog/2012/05/10/assemblyman-conte-turning-t...>
> said,
> '[this] turns the spotlight on cyberbullies by forcing them to reveal their
> identity.' Republican Senator Thomas
> O'Mara<http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2012-05-14-8...>
> added,
> '[this will] help lend some accountability to the Internet age.' The two
> are sponsoring a
> bill<http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06779&term=2011&Text=Y>
> that
> would ban any New York-based websites from allowing comments (or well,
> anything) to be posted unless the person posting it attaches their name to
> it <http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/anonymous-online-speech-ban/>.
> But the bill also goes further, saying New York-based websites, such as
> blogs and newspapers, must 'remove any comments posted on his or her
> website by an anonymous poster unless such anonymous poster agrees to
> attach his or her name to the post.'"****
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