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The platform may publicly provide a forum for anonymous speech, but that doesn't mean it is anonymous. One of the most famous forums for anonymous speech is 4c
by vharuck 6y ago
The platform may publicly provide a forum for anonymous speech, but that doesn't mean it is anonymous. One of the most famous forums for anonymous speech is 4chan's "Random" forum, and even there prosecution was possible against a user. The site owner cooperated with investigators. This wasn't a surprise to any long-time users, because everyone knows a site that doesn't cooperate in criminal investigations is not long for this world.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/fbi/turns-out-4chan-not-lawless-it-seems http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/fbi/turns-out-4chan-not-...
- compsciphd 6y agoin legal cases, its possible. But it removes any consequence for the anonymous speech that is not legally actionable. While there's value to that type of speech, it should also be devalued by others. So, see what I wrote above as a modification of the proposal. To encourage all users to be verifiable, for end users to be easily able to identify non verified users, and hence to be able to devalue those opinions.