Re: This will be interesting and maybe nasty
"The only way a social network can comply with this part of the law is if they force users to actually provide accurate data when user accounts are created"
No, the law "just" requires websites to hand over the IP address and time stamp a comment was posted from. It also requires ISPs to give out names and address of their customers based on that IP address and timestamp records to lawyers.
Much like IP ( intellectual property in this case) enforcement is working in Germany.
No credit card required. The lawyers get their names & addresses directly from the ISP - without a court order or any other due process.
That, combined with very high fees of up to 50M€ for non-complying companies nearly guarantees abuse of this legislation to curb all sorts of private, political or commercial critics.
So looks like using TOR will become mandatory for posting anything potentially controversial in Germany...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
