Reply to post: Re: Long overdue...censorship?

Europe will fine Twitter, Facebook, Google etc unless they rip up T&Cs

Ken Hagan Gold badge

Re: Long overdue...censorship?

"Writers deserve anonymity too. Without it, you could be fired, blackballed, sued, jailed, or lynched for an offhand remark 10 years prior taken out of context in a future witch-hunt era."

Your problem in that scenario is the witch-hunt, not the lack of anonymity.

Whilst you are defending anonymity, evil sods are using it to harrass, blackmail and bully people or simply trash their reputations with impunity. Some of those evil sods, for example, are spreading FUD into political life to make it possible for the witch-finders to take power.

Conversely, when the witch-hunt era finally comes along, they won't be deterred by the anonymity of your posts. They'll find some other way. They might, for example, fire, blackball, sue or lynch you for a remark that someone else made but which it is expedient for them to pin on you because of your bad attitude.

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