Harassment in person when someone is shouting at you in the street, spittle flying in your face, is one thing. Online "harassment," I believe, is a problem that can be solved with technical means. Don't like someone? Killfile them. -Declan On Wed, 4 Sep 1996, Jon Lebkowsky wrote:
At 07:44 AM 9/3/96 -0700, James A. Donald wrote:
At 03:17 PM 9/3/96 -0700, Jon Lebkowsky wrote:
Not necessarily. The character of the anonymous speech is decisive. If you use anonymity to cloak harassment, for instance, the anonymity (which removes accountability) is a problem. The accountability issue is real and should be addressed, not evaded.
No: The harassment is the problem, not the anonymity that makes it possible.
The harassment is one problem, the lack of accountability another. Which is not to say that 'lack of accountability' should be 'fixed' by some sort of blanket restriction...but it should be acknowledged as a problem.
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