New York Senate bill seeks to end anonymous internet posting

[tombogan03884]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/york-senate-bill-seeks-end-anonymous-internet-posting-162549128.html

Anonymity is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the United States was founded, in part, thanks to Thomas Paine's anonymously written, pro-revolution pamphlet Common Sense. On the other hand, 12-year-olds who post anonymously on the internet can be rather unpleasant and cause real problems by cyberbullying. Whether you think the good outweighs the bad, this news is troubling indeed: A far-reaching bill introduced in the New York State Senate could end the practice of posting online once and for all.

Sen. Thomas F. O'Mara / NY SenateIntroduced by New York State Sen. Thomas F. O'Mara (R—Big Flats), S6779 would require that any anonymous post online is subject to removal if the poster refuses to post — and verify — their legal name, their IP address, and their home address. From the (likely well intentioned) bill:

"A web site administrator upon request shall remove any comments posted on his or her web site by an anonymous poster unless such anonymous poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post and confirms that his or her IP address, legal name, and home address are accurate. All web site administrators shall have a contact number or e-mail address posted for such removal requests, clearly visible in any sections where comments are posted."

Critics are quick to point out how dangerous and ineffective the anti-privacy bill would be in the off chance that it somehow passes.  After all, IP addresses do nothing to verify a person's identity, and including your home address on a controversial internet post could open you up to real-life threats.

In effect, the bill is an online stalker's dream. Of course, the most likely result of the bill's passage would just be the full-scale elimination of all comment systems everywhere, because the system is an unworkable burden on both the poster and the "web site administrators" who would need to respond to ludicrous take down requests at all times of the day.

[deepwater]

I can see a lot of internet based companies going under when people don't want to deal with all this bs. especially ( and this may be what they want) companies that discuss anything to do with firearms, politics (those that 'they' don't agree with) and opinions. (most sheep just repeat what they have heard and not opinions they have formed on their own), and so... I believe most of us would no longer even post anything on the internet anymore. bastards.....
I would be surprised if it actually becomes law though.

Deep

[tombogan03884]

I won't be surprised if they pass it, it's NYC after all where cooking with lard is illegal.
Having it stand up to a challenge is another matter though.
Doesn't matter to me though, I put my name and address on every one of my posts any way.

[deepwater]

I won't be surprised if they pass it, it's NYC after all where cooking with lard is illegal.
Having it stand up to a challenge is another matter though.
Doesn't matter to me though, I put my name and address on every one of my posts any way.

kinda like baitin' bears.. right?

[tombogan03884]

kinda like baitin' bears.. right?

You know it 

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[Pathfinder]

Once again, you all are missing the point. This has nothing to do with bullies or online safety or anything else. This is another click on the dial for the frog in the pot. This bill is just one of the pieces in the overall puzzle about .gov regulation and control, as well as potentially squelching free speech on the internet. At least we need to view it that way.

Sen. Thomas F. O'Mara / NY SenateIntroduced by New York State Sen. Thomas F. O'Mara (R—Big Flats), S6779 would require that any anonymous post online is subject to removal if the poster refuses to post — and verify — their legal name, their IP address, and their home address.

Remember - the way of the statists, libtards, lefties and commies is to hide their real intent behind "good deeds".

[tombogan03884]

Once again, you all are missing the point. This has nothing to do with bullies or online safety or anything else. This is another click on the dial for the frog in the pot. This bill is just one of the pieces in the overall puzzle about .gov regulation and control, as well as potentially squelching free speech on the internet. At least we need to view it that way.

Remember - the way of the statists, libtards, lefties and commies is to hide their real intent behind "good deeds".

I didn't "miss the point".
"It's for the children"   

[Solus]

I won't be surprised if they pass it, it's NYC after all where cooking with lard is illegal.
Having it stand up to a challenge is another matter though.
Doesn't matter to me though, I put my name and address on every one of my posts any way.

Now there's a coincidence. I put your name and address on all my posts too.   

[tombogan03884]

Now there's a coincidence. I put your name and address on all my posts too.   

LOL, I bet mine cause far more stress than the ones you attribute to me .   

I'm actually surprised I don't get hate mail, although the New Orleans "Times Picayune" (recently failed )
E mailed me that they did not want my opinion and my address had been blocked from their site. 
I'm rather proud of that.   

[deepwater]

LOL, I bet mine cause far more stress than the ones you attribute to me .   

I'm actually surprised I don't get hate mail, although the New Orleans "Times Picayune" (recently failed )
E mailed me that they did not want my opinion and my address had been blocked from their site. 
I'm rather proud of that.   

the Times pick-ya-nose?
I would be proud of that as well...
Deep