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> Not going to happen in free countries. It happened in South Korea [1]. Fortunately, their courts eventually struck the law down. Got fantastically little cov
by deogeo 8y ago
> Not going to happen in free countries.
It happened in South Korea [1]. Fortunately, their courts eventually struck the law down. Got fantastically little coverage in western media.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-name_system#South_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-name_system#South_Korea
- lasagnaphil 8y agoFrom that link, there's a explanation for why the court in South Korea rolled back this change: The Constitutional Court said, "The system does not seem to have been beneficial to the public. Despite the enforcement of the system, the number of illegal or malicious postings online has not decreased. Instead, users moved to foreign Websites and the system became discriminatory against domestic operators. It also prevented foreigners who didn’t have a resident registration number here from expressing their opinions online."
- deogeo 8y agoYeah, I would have preferred a more principled reason, but what can you do.