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Anonymous Comments Are Now A Federal Offense
By Steve Rubel
Expert Author
Article Date: 2006-01-09
According to this post from Jeff Jarvis, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.
No joke. So here's my question. Does this mean that hosting a blog that allows for people to comment anonymously is breaking the law?
About the Author:
Steve Rubel is a PR strategist with nearly 16 years of public relations, marketing, journalism and communications experience. He currently serves as a Senior Vice President with Edelman, the largest independent global PR firm.
He authors the Micro Persuasion weblog, which tracks how blogs and participatory journalism are changing the public relations practice.
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