User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Updates to COPPA/@comment-4674838-20130625035403/@comment-1216259-20130625120047

There are a few problems with your logic:

1. They CANNOT be identified by IPs. That is the law, regardless of what you think about it, that's the way it has to be.

2. They are still accountable to the moderators, who can see anyone's IP address.

3. I am forced to admit that general users really don't have the "right" to hold anyone accountable for things they say, but I do like being able to identify who said what, which is why I am in favor of a system that identifies anonymous IPs based on the numerical order in which they edited the site, if at all possible.

4. IP address can be easily changed between edits.