E 'published today in Corriere della Sera on-line an article about a law which came into force in Australia which prohibits the anonymity on the Net in the election period. Since these days is currently being discussed in Italy on the edge or not the use of some tools of the Internet (YouTube, Facebook and blogs in general), I thought it might be an interesting input to stimulate a debate on the issue.
No more anonymous comments on the internet during the election period. If a user wants to publish a political opinion on a blog, a social network site or a newspaper must reveal his true name and the mailbox. Otherwise, you risk having to pay fined, together with the editor who hosted the comment and shall keep the data in question for at least six months. So establishing a law of South Australia, which entered into force, silently, on January 6 and that should have been applied in these days, since March 20 will hold their national elections.
THE MINISTER - But the conditional is necessary because, after the insurrection of bloggers and cyber - and explains The Sydney Morning Herald is very likely that the measure will be repealed. A law had been promoting the ' Attorney-General Michael Atkinson (equivalent to our Minister of Justice) so that replied to the critics: "There is no restriction on the freedom of speech, everyone is free to say what they want as himself, not in the guise of someone else." But if you keep anonymity on the internet is a technically and politically daring move for a dictatorial regime, let alone in the case of a democracy.
REACTIONS - As one would imagine, the reactions were swift. The protests of citizens and Internet users to criticism from the opposition to the stance of the press, in the first row dell'AdelaideNow site. But the worst was when Atkinson, to defend the action and the need to stop the anonymity network, has brought up a private citizen, "Let me give an example, 'he told the media:" often appears on the site AdelaideNow some of Aaron Fornarino West Croydon that attacks me. Well, that person does not exist. It is an invention created by the Liberal Party. " Unfortunately for the minister, instead Fornarino does exist, and was immediately interviewed and photographed dall'AdelaideNow.
THE REVERSE - Perhaps it was the coup de grace. In any event Tuesday Atkinson has dramatically reversed the decision. "The generation of the blog thinks that the law was originally supported by all political parties and is too restrictive. I listened. Immediately after the election I will try to repeal it retroactively. It will also be humiliating for me, but this is politics in a democracy and accept the consequences. " A capitulation is also blessed by the Prime Minister of South Australia, Mike Rann, who has thus commented: "The Attorney-General has heard. So no debate will be stifled. No censorship policy blog or comments online, whether anonymous or not. " How true. But above all, conveyed via Twitter. Because in the end, when the freedom of the network is guaranteed, even the best politicians are chirping.
Source:
http://www.corriere.it/scienze_e_tecnologie/10_febbraio_03/australia-anonimato-rete_d1aebf4e-10bc-11df-ab8f-00144f02aabe.shtml
Carola Frediani
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