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This gets murky. How is a pseudonymous account, where I schedule posts, different from a bot account, legally? Should I lose rights to information just because my “main” account doesn’t have my full name and face?

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Well, I mean, how else can we prove that a slimeball politician is blocking his constituents unless we can identify the constituents blocked. A politician in Wisconsin shouldn't be able to block Wisconsinites in his constituency, but I can see where it'd be legal for him to block Nebraskans. Fundamental to attribution here is determining the one from the other. Courts of law are generally sticklers about that sort of thing.

I am not blocking a person, I am blocking a random handle on the Internet.

> I am not blocking a person, I am blocking a random handle on the Internet.

I am not blocking a person, I am blocking a random telephone number that's calling my office.

I am not blocking a person, I am throwing out all mail from a random mailing address in my district.

You get one mailing address that is verifiably yours.

You get one phone number that is verifiably yours.

I can whip out my phone right now and create 1000 of fake me.

I know what you did there, but - no joy.

You can have multiple mailing addresses and phone numbers. It's not even uncommon. Plenty of people still have a home phone number and a cell phone.

As for fake profiles, see my original post re: the "single consistent problem with social media".

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