NY State Senator Proposes Banning Anonymous Free Speech on the Net

Daily Tech ^ | May 25, 2012 | Jason Mick

[Rybashka]

This year, the Chinese Communist Party implemented a “real name” requirement for its Twitter-like weibo microblog users.
Thus, rather than reinventing the wheel, I recommend that the NY State Senator just ask the ChiComs for a copy of the Chinese law. After all, if it’s good enough for the descendants of Mao, it’s good enough for New York State.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/world/asia/china-expands-program-requiring-real-name-registration-online.html

[neverdem]

Thanks for the ping. Do you have any idea about whom the bill’s sponsor is? A pubbie sponsoring this should be primaried.

[metmom]

Not a clue. I don’t have any idea where Big Flats is. Never heard of it before.