[HN Gopher] Cybersecurity: EU to Ban Anonymous Websites
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       Cybersecurity: EU to Ban Anonymous Websites
        
       Author : brtkdotse
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2021-10-12 16:42 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | dkdk8283 wrote:
       | Yuck! Just when I thought we were doing things better.
       | 
       | > According to this directive, the registration of internet
       | domain names will in future require the correct identification of
       | the owner in the Whois database
        
         | ohiovr wrote:
         | At least web masters will get that spam they so dearly want.
        
       | paperwasp42 wrote:
       | This sort of legislation is bound to result in two things:
       | 
       | 1) Cyber criminals outsmarting the identification and
       | verification mandates, because they're criminals, they're crafty,
       | and they don't give a crap about breaking the laws.
       | 
       | 2) Law-abiding citizens who might be whistleblowers, victims of
       | stalking, or have other very genuine reasons for wanting to hide
       | their personal information will be unable to register a website
       | without putting themselves in danger.
       | 
       | This sort of legislation, while possibly well-intentioned, helps
       | no one (except for stalkers, people who get a thrill out of
       | doxxing, and corrupt organizations wanting to silence
       | whistleblowers).
        
         | Mountain_Skies wrote:
         | Doubt is it well intentioned at all. Governments want to quash
         | unapproved speech. This makes it easier for them to do so.
        
       | 908B64B197 wrote:
       | ... So people will just get a different domain name _not_ in
       | Europe?
       | 
       | What's that supposed to achieve?
        
       | maxo133 wrote:
       | Dont worry, registrants will move to offshore locations and
       | that's how it's gonna end.
        
       | Xen0byte wrote:
       | While I normally argue in the favour of privacy, in this
       | particular case I'm leaning towards thinking that web content
       | accountability is a step in the right direction.
        
         | Mountain_Skies wrote:
         | Why?
        
           | CheezeIt wrote:
           | Because he wants to punish people.
        
       | jikbd wrote:
       | Let's not forget TERREG, which already makes it illegal in
       | practical terms for individuals to have an open forum or blog in
       | Europe
       | 
       | > The EU just passed TERREG yesterday without a vote that
       | requires anyone running a website with user generated content (a
       | blog with comments, a forum etc.) and if they have significant EU
       | user base to establish legal presence in the EU and have an
       | officer responsible for deleting content with 1 hr SLA. That's
       | out of reach for most of people. You cannot even block your site
       | for EU traffic, because EU users can use VPN.
       | 
       | [...]
       | 
       | > On 12 September 2018, the European Commission presented a
       | proposal for a regulation on preventing the dissemination of
       | terrorist content online, which included:
       | 
       | >The one-hour rule: a legally binding one-hour deadline for
       | content to be removed following a removal order from national
       | competent authorities;
        
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