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Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.If the bill becomes law,the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying.He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district.Action News 36 asked people what they thought about the bill.Some said they felt it was a violation of First Amendment rights.Others say it is a good tool toward eliminating online harassment. Representative Couch says enforcing this bill if it became law would be a challenge.As in the days of Noah....
