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French kill anti-privacy law
Wed, 05 Jul 2000 16:15:38 GMT Will Knight
'Liberty of Communications' Act would have forced all French Internet users to identify themselves, holding ISPs liable for inaccurate information
Civil liberty experts and Internet interest groups in France have scuppered a law that would have endangered online privacy for French citizens.
The "Liberty of Communications" Act was amended to remove aspects that would have abolished anonymity for anyone publishing content to the Web.
As originally worded, the act would have made Web content providers legally obliged to acquire the accurate identities of those posting to the Internet using their service. If information was inaccurate, both Internet service providers and users would have been held legally responsible.
Although the Act was passed in this form by parliament in France in May, it was effectively rescued by the country's Senate last week.
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