The representatives of the government party in the Bratislava parliament recommend that comments can only be made under the articles of the news portals after the identity card has been submitted.
In addition, the rules regarding corrections in the press would also be tightened.
An unprecedented tsunami of hatred was unleashed in Slovakia after the assassination of Robert Fico.
Most of the "nethuszars" agreed with the murder attempt and its perpetrator, moreover, since then, new government politicians have received death threats.
It seems that after everything in Bratislava, they got bored with the gnawing digital horror. Thus, a group of representatives of the government party in the parliament is now proposing that comments can only be made under the articles of the news portals after the identity card has been submitted.
is clear from the article in Új Szó , the authenticity of the submitted data should be verified in some way by the media. According to the pro-government SNS, the purpose of the measure is to ensure that if a user commits a crime while commenting, the medium can forward their data to the police.
After the assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer), representatives of the government coalition started talking about their desire to take action against hateful expressions on the Internet. For example, Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (Hlas) stated that they will act harshly against anyone who supports the assassination of the Prime Minister on the Internet.
In addition to all this, according to the law amendment proposal submitted by SNS representatives, the so-called "right to rectification" . According to this, if someone does not like what the given medium writes about him, he can demand that his statement be published, free of charge, in a place and size equivalent to the original article.
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