Austrian government seeks to eliminate internet anonymity, with severe penalties

Re:Austrian government seeks to eliminate internet anonymity... by stdclass on Friday April 19, 2019 @05:54AM (#19698216)

I wonder what will happen if somebody motivates a lot of people to register on a site, to push them over the threshold.

It may also be possible to split your forums to different sites / domains if you reach the thresold.

Anyhow I can't see how this will play out in real life and I hope our president will step in and prevent it from happening at all.

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Re:Austrian government seeks to eliminate internet anonymity... by jeena on Friday April 19, 2019 @05:57AM (#19698233)

So distributed social media communities like Mastodon will not have the problem?

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Re:Austrian government seeks to eliminate internet anonymity... by stdclass on Friday April 19, 2019 @06:07AM (#19698268)

I guess not, since there is no single entity/company which holds 100.000 users.

But I am 100% sure, our current government would never ever grasp the concept of a federated social network and probably just try to ban it.

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Re:Austrian government seeks to eliminate internet anonymity... by larkeith on Friday April 19, 2019 @05:59AM (#19698240)

I imagine sensible website operators would limit signups to below the threshold, so they don't run the risk of legislation unexpectedly applying. Otherwise it also becomes an avenue for malicious actors.

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