Comment by NoMoreNicksLeft
1 year ago
> It seems a bit benign
This seems, to me, an utterly malignant attack on anonymity, which is a protected constitutional right. It's the idea that every internet packet needs to be tied back to some verified identity. We're in frog-boiling territory with this garbage.
There is no absolute right to anonymity in the US constitution.
(The courts have "recognized relatively strong First Amendment presumptions on behalf of purveyors of anonymous speech, especially for those that are statements of opinions rather than obvious falsehoods, while recognizing that government sometimes has the right to identify such speakers when they have used their platforms to harass, engage in slander or sexual predation, make true threats, or allow foreign governments to influence U.S. elections")
How is one supposed to exercise their right to anonymously express political opinions if anonymity is prohibited by law?
There is no right to anonymously express political opinions.
There is a right to express political opinions, but anonymity is a privilege, not a right.
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> . It's the idea that every internet packet needs to be tied back to some verified identity
There's been multiple attempts to do this. Via KOSA and a few others lately in our Congress. PR friendly candidates like Duckworth have been trying to walk this through the system.