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EFF Sues to Block New Internet Sex-Offender Law

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-more-lists dept.

Bobfrankly1 writes "The EFF sued to block portions of the approved Prop 35 today. Prop 35 requires sex offenders (including indecent exposure and non-internet offenses) to provide all of their online aliases to law enforcement. This would include e-mail addresses, screen and user names, and other identifiers used on the internet. The heart of the matter as the EFF sees it, would be not only the chilling effect it would have on free speech, but also the propensity of these kind of laws to be applied to other (non-sex offending) people as well."

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  1. Yeah right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like they could ever enforce this...

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    1. Re:Yeah right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hey c'mon, there's about 3290 propositions passed globally every year, and only 10 of those aren't from California. Is it really necessary to still preface these things?

  2. First submission to law enforcement: by Bobfrankly1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Username: Anonymous Coward

  3. First they came... by NFN_NLN · · Score: 5, Funny

            First they came for the pedos,
            and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a pedo.

            Then they came for the socialists,
            and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

            Then they came for the trade unionists,
            and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

            Then they came for the guys into fisting and DP sites,
            and I was like... "at least it was fun while it lasted".

  4. Re:Hrm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, so you are the shill that keeps creating new accounts here?

  5. Re:Sorry.. can't agree. by interkin3tic · · Score: 4, Funny

    but survey any high school and see how chaste your average teen is

    That strikes me as a good way to get invited to test out this new internet offender law...

  6. Re:Sorry.. can't agree. by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    Victim (testifying in court): "Yes, your honor. I saw it. It was like a penis, only smaller."

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  7. Re:Sorry.. can't agree. by AK+Marc · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm a parent of a young boy. I put a giant dog neck cone on him so he can't see his own penis. He's much better adjusted, though we had to take him out of school since he got the crap kicked out of him every day for being a freak. that and he kept peeing on the floor because he couldn't aim in the toilet.

    And WILL SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

    But the court order said I'm not supposed to think of the children any more.

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