Dear Ms. Mikko
Author: will | Filed under: Digital Right Ireland, Euro, blogging, blogs, crime, data retention, do we really need this, electronic identity, information loss, kerfulle, law, legal, legislation, multiple profiles, network, news, newspaper, overheard, personal information, privacy, social media, stereotype, what ifDear Ms. Marianne Mikko Member of the European Parliment,
I’ve been reading reports that you have called for a registration of bloggers.
Given the importance of the Internet in Estonia, I suspect that you would get a lot of, er, assistance in answering an explanation of what you mean.
Or at least a high level of details on what you are actually requesting.
Most blog posts are highly personal by nature, be it personal observation, on the ground reporting of a war in their local neighbourhood, on the antics of their cat (depressing there are a lot of these) or the rote by which a blogger investigated the dealings of a disgraced public official.
They are closer to opinion pieces than investigative reporting.
There are also blogs which by their very nature need to be anonymous. Those detailing illegal activities by officials for instance. A registration of such a blogger is likely to lead to intimidation or death.
Do you wish to clarify your wording.
Say in a blog of your own for instance?
Yours sincerely,
Will Knott
http://WillKnott.ie
