Internet Access Monitored in Brazil

gustgr writes: "The Brazilian Senate's Constitution and Justice Commission will vote on next Wednesday a law project (Portuguese only) which demands internet users to identify their selves before starting any interactive operation, such as electronic mailing, online chatting, blogs creation, media downloading, among others online activities. Unidentified access would be punished with reclusion (two to four years). The ISPs would be responsible for the users identification and for data reliability and would also be subject to the same punishment. The law project has been defended by bankers, but heavily criticized by organizations which stand for freedom of communication."