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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ... by slg on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:47AM (#28946218)
>It's enough to convince vulnerable people who are calling out the misdeeds of the powerful.

Vulnerable people like the trans community that is often the victim in this type of anonymous social media abuse? Are they allowed to call out the powerful and disproportionately white straight cis men who control social media companies and allow this abuse to continue?

I just find it funny that you are using an argument that is identical to the one used by some of the people you are arguing against.

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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ... by White_Wolf on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:15PM (#28946681)
You know... I'm starting to think you are correct to be entirely honest. If anonimity is banned we can actually see who is part of those twitter cancel mobs and actually fine and imprison those harassing other people and send death threats.

50% /s

I'm 100% against it tbh. There are people that would be dead without it(just in case anyone missed the sarcasm)

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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ... by slg on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:23PM (#28946816)
>I'm 100% against it tbh. There are people that would be dead without it(just in case anyone missed the sarcasm)

There are also people who are dead because of the abuse they took on social media. Once again, the same argument from both sides.

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