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Cyberbullying by a neighbor mom causes a tragedy. -
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Knowing identities is necessary for a democratic polity. That’s the philosophical argument for using real names and against anonymity (and pseudonymity of the sort where even the organizers don’t know a participant’s identity)....The above arguments contain a philosophical explanation for Wikipedia’s governance problems... -
1voteFirst, anonymity tends to make people into jerks if they have any tendencies in that direction.
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Princeton University’s Undergraduate Student Government has created a Web service that allows students to complain to the professor when, say, he or she uses too much PowerPoint in class, without ever revealing their identities. The comments will be screened to filter out the nasty, according to the Daily Princetonian. Students will finally be able to give their professors a piece of their minds before the semester ends, without having to suffer any repercussions. -
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This story from the Chronicle for Higher Education does a good job of illustrating the conflict that often exists between academic Computer Science departments who want to teach computer science and the campus information technology organization who is responsible for keeping the network running and legal. -
2voteThere tends to be this feeling of entitlement that anything someone doesn't like must somehow be "illegal." This is especially true when it comes to anonymous speech -- even more so when it's anonymous speech that's "critical" of someone or some organization.
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1voteSo much for the "anonymity" of the web: Researchers have developed new internet security tools that reportedly can determine a person's gender, level of education, and whether two pieces of writing originated from the same person. Critics say that teens who accept sex offers from adults are usually aware that they're adults - deception isn't the problem.
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