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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1614 Introduced 2/13/2013, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Internet Posting Removal Act. Provides that a web site administrator shall, upon request, remove any posted comments posted by an anonymous poster unless the anonymous poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post and confirms that his or her IP address, legal name, and home address are accurate. Effective 90 days after becoming law.
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| | SB1614 | | LRB098 08515 JLS 38626 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning the internet.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Internet Posting Removal Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, the following |
| 7 | | words and terms shall have the following meanings: |
| 8 | | "Anonymous poster" means any individual who posts a message |
| 9 | | on a web site including social networks, blogs, forums, message |
| 10 | | boards, or any other discussion site where people can hold |
| 11 | | conversations in the form of posted messages. |
| 12 | | "Internet" means the global system of interconnected |
| 13 | | computer networks that use the Internet Protocol. |
| 14 | | "Internet Protocol address" or "IP address" means a |
| 15 | | numerical label assigned to each computer or device |
| 16 | | participating in a computer network that uses the Internet |
| 17 | | Protocol for communication. |
| 18 | | "Web site administrator" means any person or entity that is |
| 19 | | responsible for maintaining a web site or managing the content |
| 20 | | or development of information provided on a web site including |
| 21 | | social networks, blogs, forums, message boards, or any other |
| 22 | | discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form |
| 23 | | of posted messages accessible via a network such as the |