If this isn’t the funniest (and yet strangely serious) thing I’ve read all year, then nothing is. CNET News.com’s Declan McCullagh writes this morning that according to a piece of a new law that President Bush signed last week, you cannot while away hours on the Internet “posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.”
That’s right - no more annoying people - anonymously, at least. So the next time you begin getting IMs from someone whose screenname you don’t recognize, make sure you cite the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act. And yes, that’s where it’s buried. No wonder government frustrates the average person.
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1 MyManMisterC // Jan 11, 2006 at 11:05 pm
Interesting since this act addresses human trafficking.