New York lawmakers propose ban on anonymous online comments

CBS ^ | May 24, 2012 | Chenda Ngak

[Idaho_Cowboy]

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.

Why would that make any difference?

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So they could give the department of Homeland security a list of all NY Freepers.

[mkjessup]

To: Assemblyman Dean Murray, Sen. Thomas O’Mara.
Fr: Mark Jessup (aka 'mkjessup') (yes that's my real name)
Re: Your Proposed Legislation

I have but three words for you two asshats:

GO F**K YOURSELVES!

[Calamari]

Mr. Shadow, that’s a good one! R. Tracy or L. Abner work pretty well too. C. Kent and Don Diego De Lavega would make nice ones too. Maybe even Big Pu$$y Bompensera .....

[sand88]

Two idiot RINOs at that.

Many RINOs are as big a danger to our Republic as the evil left. There are control freaks in both parties.

[Terry L Smith]

The New York State Legislature has seen fit, to attempt to expand its Nanny Statist control policies, beyond the boundaries of it’s geophysical border. Just as that wonderful Mdme. McCarthy, ever raising her dead victim husband, from the Long Island Railroad Shooter, in her attempts to abrogate her Oath of office, now, the NY State Legislature has titled all speech contrary to their opinions, as ‘cyberbullying’.

Only during this present Communist-led federal administration, could this have ever been raised as an issue of note, in the nation’s news carriers.

I, Terry L Smith, a sovereign private American, state the following response:

“NO!”

[SaraJohnson]

Our socialists want it for the same reason China does.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks mdittmar.

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.

My IP number is available by calling 1-800-EAT-$H!+ and my real, full name is Sunken Civilizations.

[theBuckwheat]

Yet another reason to host outside of the US and to base your email account outside of the US.

[aruanan]

Whether or not this law passes (and it’s dumb) normal libel law would continue to obtain, and allow investigators to breach the walls of anonymity. In over ten years on FR I have not seen even the worst troll go railing on some real-life-named random John Doe or Jane Roe who isn’t a public figure — as would happen in “cyber bullying.” But if a troll did that and wasn’t swiftly banned, I’m sure Jim Rob would have been glad to point investigators to its email address and bid them good luck.

Libel law has only to do with printing something that is demonstrably not true. The anti-bully folks want to criminalize anything one says or does that another person claims makes him feel bad.

[Darnright]

Wusses. So much for the constitution.