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  1. [url]https://btcmanager.com/austria-mulls-elimination-of-internet-anonymity-offenders-could-be-fined-millions-of-euros/[/url]
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  3. [url]https://derstandard.at/2000101677286/Government-Seeks-to-Eliminate-Internet-Anonymity-With-Severe-Penalties[/url]
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  5. Yeah, this is pretty worrisome. Just gonna quote the SCOTUS decision in [i]McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission[/i]:
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  7. [quote](...) protections for anonymous speech are vital to democratic discourse. Allowing dissenters to shield their identities frees them to express critical minority views . . . Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. . . . It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation . . . at the hand of an intolerant society.[/quote]
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