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.
Action News 36 asked people what they thought about the bill.
Some said they felt it was a violation of First Amendment rights. Others say it is a good tool toward eliminating online harassment.
Represntative Couch says enforcing this bill if it became law would be a challenge.
Found while looking for raids on 7chan, then found on GAF as I was reading the SSBB thread. I felt I should beat himuro to stealing it.
Anyway, I like this bill. Now when the online bullies look up their victims name and finds out all their person info, they can goto said victims home and beat,molest and possibly kill them.
-Nigel Jefferson Saringo(The 3rd)
