Anonymous fights Arizona censorship bill with 'butthurt form' Favorite 

There’s a fine line between offensive and hilarious, and Arizona lawmakers aim to make that boundary legally protected. If House Bill 2549 passes, online harassment could become a criminal offense – but some hacktivists are there to help you rejoice.

Should Arizona Governor Jan Brewer sign off on House Bill 2549, using the Internet “with the intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend a person” would be prohibited by a state-wide legislation. Arizona has already approved one of the most overzealous immigration laws in the United States, so suggesting that HB 2549 will get Governor Brewer’s stamp of approval isn’t that much of a stretch. Should that be the case, though, an unofficial Anonymous Twitter account has you covered.

YourAnonNews, a highly-followed Twitter account that regularly relays information pertinent to the Anonymous hacktivist collective, has circulated an incident report (along with the fax address for the governor’s office) for anyone in Arizona who may have already gotten their britches into a bind because of some online tomfoolery. The group has sent out a copy of a “Butthurt Report Form,” which asks the victim to describe any incidents that would fall under the umbrella of the new bill’s big list of no-nos.

Did a message board post get you down? Or maybe a Livejournal comment was the culprit. Whether it’s a LOLCat, a blog rant or even an actual news item, the form has you taken care of with a handful of options to better express your annoyance with an unruly Internet troll. From there victims are asked to go into detail “about the incident of butthurt” and can chose from options such as “I lost an argument in a chat room” or “Someone wrote a story or anecdote that brought up Bad Memories and made me cry.”

The form happens to offer up a hilarious jab at just how ridiculous the charges could be if HB 2549, but sadly isn’t all that far-fetched. Some are already suggesting that, if passed, harsh censorship could be added to the law book in Arizona and that has understandable gotten a fair share of advocates already angry. “There is no requirement that the recipient or subject of the speech actually feel offended, annoyed or scared,” warns the First Amendment rights group Media Coalition, who adds that the legislation also fails to establish if the communication in question “must be intended to offend or annoy the reader, the subject or even any specific person.” Although the law would only go into effect on a local level, other critics are concerned that Arizona legislators are already picking up where the failed SOPA and PIPA laws left off before being abandoned in the US Congress...
---Published on April 3 2012 on RT.com---
Read the full article here: http://rt.com/usa/news/arizona-butthurt-form-internet-158/. And take a look at Anonymous's 'Butthurt Report Form' or even fill it out!