Austria Considering Requiring User Identities for Online Platforms

April 11th, 2019

Via: The Local:

Austria said Wednesday it was considering a law to make it mandatory for big internet platforms to register their users and deprive those behind hate posts of anonymity.

“Unfortunately there have been an increasing number of clear violations, denigrations and humiliations online in the past under the cover of anonymity.

That’s why we need a framework for more responsibility online,” Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wrote on Twitter.

The new law would take effect in 2020 and would make it mandatory for platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to register their users, said Gernot Bluemel, minister in charge of EU affairs, art, culture and media.

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One Response to “Austria Considering Requiring User Identities for Online Platforms”

  1. Dennis says:
    April 12, 2019 at 1:42 am

    Does anyone have any solid info on that video, what she apparently did online?

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