Internet Backlash Stalls Jersey Civility Bill
A New Jersey lawmaker's attempt to legislate civility on an Internet discussion board runs into a wall of opposition from bloggers and others who saw it as an attempt to stifle free speech.
By K.C. Jones
Mar 14, 2006 04:04 PM
A New Jersey Assemblyman's Internet civility bill is on ice since opponents blasted it as an assault on free speech.
Assemblyman Peter Biondi and his staff said they were trying to curb malicious exchanges on some local discussion boards when they introduced a bill requiring people to provide their real names and addresses before posting on public Web sites. The bill also stated that hosts could be sued for failing to disclose the identities of people disseminating false or defamatory information.......
