Mercnbeth
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There have been a few who have posted threads wanting to disclose the names of people who are, in their minds, "predators" or "users" or "liars" or "frauds". It seems that one state has solved all the other problems facing their citizens and has decided to take on the problem head on. A New Jersey Assemblyman, Peter Biondi (Morris/Somerset) has introduced a bill which will require internet message board sites to maintain files with the legal names and addresses of it's members. Wonder how many "misunderstood spouses" will be posting if that goes into effect? It will be interesting to see how far this proposed legislation gets. As a former home owner in NJ have they changed their real estate tax laws. I seem to remember they just asked for any/all the money you had left over from paying all the other taxes for the privilege of sending your kids to bad public schools, drove on bad, pot-hole infested roads where you paid tolls every mile and a half, and if you wanted anything done in business you put an envelope with $25,000.00 in your trash bin for the "garbage men" to pick up. But I guess having that "GREAT" weather year round is a trade off. quote:
This bill would require an operator of any interactive computer service or an Internet service provider to establish, maintain and enforce a policy requiring an information content provider who posts messages on a public forum website either to be identified by legal name and address or to register a legal name and address with the operator or provider prior to posting messages on a public forum website. The bill requires an operator of an interactive computer service or an Internet service provider to establish and maintain reasonable procedures to enable any person to request and obtain disclosure of the legal name and address of an information content provider who posts false or defamatory information about the person on a public forum website. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A1500/1327_I1.HTM Would you post differently if CM was required to follow this proposed legislation?
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