The law just seems to target the problem much too late in the chain of events. For example, in Germany, people have a right to anonymity, that forbids newspape

The law just seems to target the problem much too late in the chain of events. For example, in Germany, people have a right to anonymity, that forbids newspapers to identify persons (print full names, photos, addresses) unless making them public would be in the public interest. While this isn't perfect and of course open to interpretation, it seems to me that having privacy protections (and due process where they fail) is much better lawmaking than trying the fix things down the road when the privacy is already breached. Especially if the fixes are this ham-fisted.