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I think someone else hit this: The idea I think is to block the legal loophole that allows for anonymous posters to be free from legal recourse. Obliging boards to get a confirmation email, example, or to ask other useful questions (such as full name, etc) that have to be confirmed by email) would go a long way to shutting up some of the mainstream bullshitters that are out there causing havok.
Fucking around on GFY isn't important. Where this comes in is people who show up on business chat boards claiming X or Y about a company, or claiming that someone is going to get arrested or sued or something, in a manner to control stock prices and force issues. It doesn't take much to start a rumor, and they can profit from this flux.
All sorts of issues for libel and whatnot...
HOWEVER
having said that, it would only work if the law was enacted on the federal level, and required all chat board operators in the US to obliged. This patchwork bullshit state to state attempt to regular the net is dumb as shit, and makes it almost impossible for site operators to stay truly compliant.
Good luck to them... it ain't gonna work like it is.
Alex
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