Illinois Politician Wants a Kill Switch For Anonymous Speech Online

New submitter OhSoLaMeow writes with a story at The Daily Caller with unpleasant news from the Illinois state Senate, where a state senator has introduced a bill that "would require anonymous website comment posters to reveal their identities if they want to keep their comments online." From the article (warning — obnoxious ads with sound): "The bill, called the Internet Posting Removal Act, is sponsored by Illinois state Sen. Ira Silverstein. It states that a 'web site administrator upon request shall remove any comments posted on his or her web site by an anonymous poster unless the 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.'"

Comments

Re:today's politicians

[msauve]

I call myself Publius, but I'm really James Madison, Alexander Hamilton or John Jay (take your pick).

Re:Death of Slashdot?

[ArcadeMan]

Cops: Why are you carrying $100K in cash?
You: I'm going to the Apple store.
Cops: Carry on.

Re:Death of Slashdot?

[Darkness404]

...You hope.

I've got more faith in a supreme pizza than I do the supreme court...

Worthless

[Anonymous Coward]

AC posts are all worthless anyway

Re:How Are They Going To Enforce It?

[lobotomy]

I was going to use:
Elwood Blues
1060 W. Addison Ave.
Chicago

I declare this thread to be a free speech zone

[Anonymous Coward]

so y'all can say whatever the fuck you want about shitty ass Illinois.

Re: Death of Slashdot?

[Fjandr]

Of course they don't want censorship in principle. That would require having principles.