NJ Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums]]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: Re: [IP] NJ Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums]
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:19:15 -0800
From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
To: dave () farber net
CC: lauren () vortex com


Dave,

There are of course a veritable cornucopia of legal and practical
reasons why this idea is, well, "goofy" is the most polite word
I can think of right now ("dangerous" is another one).

But for the moment, I'll just point out one particularly amusing
aspect.  Assuming that there wouldn't also be a requirement that all
posters provide credit card or similar financial data (credit cards
being the most frequently proposed method for "adult check" type
systems), there is no obvious mechanism for "public forum" operators
to verify the submitted identity information.

So, it's likely that we'd discover far more John Smiths living at
1313 Mockingbird Lane than we ever might have suspected!

Goofy and dangerous to the max.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, IOIC
   - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net
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Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: NJ Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums
> Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:22:15 -0500 (EST)
> From: Lynn <lynn () ecgincc com>
> To: dave () farber net
>
> http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/03/06/1736234.shtml
>
>
> NJ Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums
> Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 06, @02:06PM
> from the glad-we're-not-in-nj dept.
> Privacy The Internet
> An anonymous reader writes "The New Jersey legislature is considering a
> bill that would require operators of public forums to collect users' legal
> names and addresses, and effectively disallow anonymous speech on online
> forums. This raises some serious issues, such as to what extent local and
> state governments can go in enacting and enforcing Internet legislation."
>
> link to proposed bill:
> http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A1500/1327_I1.HTM
>
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