Internet is Over

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/york-senate-bill-seeks-end-anonymous-internet-posting-16
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S6779 would require that any anonymous post online is subject to removal if the poster refuses to post — and verify — their legal name, their IP address, and their home address.

Why do US politicians so desperately want to be like China?

This is just another piece of oppressive anti-privacy, anti-liberty legislation that would be totally unenforceable and demonstrates a total lack of understanding of technology. What are you going to do to someone who has a server outside of the US? You can't force them to delete comments, the US doesn't own the internet.

This bill doesn't even need a protest to fail on its own.