If by "assaulted" you mean assaulted by words alone, then I am not sure that the right to not be assaulted should trump free speech. I believe dealing with new

If by "assaulted" you mean assaulted by words alone, then I am not sure that the right to not be assaulted should trump free speech. I believe dealing with newly generated accounts can be dealt with as a separate problem, distinct from the community at large. Reputation and filtering messages/content, and or restrictions based on account age are some examples. If you don't think there can be any consequences for free speech on the internet, then I don't see how you can give any credibility to threats of violence, which you can simply block out yourself instead of having to have big brother do it for you.