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NJ Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the glad-we're-not-in-nj dept.

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."

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  1. Are you a member of "a well-regulated militia"? by brunes69 · · Score: 0, Troll

    No?

    Then shut your trap.

  2. Re:A law isn't a law... by Catbeller · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh yes, one more thing.

    Regulate Fox News as a political agent. The existence of that fake "news" network cripples any candidate who isn't part of their agenda. They should be regulated as a political action committee. And taxed and regulated like one. Anyone who's watched those shows for more than five minutes will recognize a political propaganda monstrosity is pretending to be a news organization. It's almost funny, but they are shaping public opinion because the other news networks, being now controlled by the profit motive rather than being operated as loss leaders to maintain broadcast licenses, are allowing themselves to be crafted by GOP operatives into FOX clones.