Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ...
by Cycl0ps on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:12PM
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I agree with that. My concern, and what I assume is the concern of others, is that those putting these regulations in place would have neither the knowledge or intentions to consider that nuance. Considering that nuance myself, I don't think I could properly implement such laws.
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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ...
by slg on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:21PM
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"It is hard to make a good law" is a bad reason to stop people from even trying.
Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ...
by Cycl0ps on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:26PM
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"No rule is better than bad rule" may be closer to my argument, though it dips further into anarchy than I'd like. People are welcome to try as they like, but governments aren't people. If Facebook wanted to try some system like Parler had I wouldn't protest against it, but the UK government mandating it would have far more reach and requires more consideration as a result.
Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ...
by JasonFruit on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:46PM
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That's true. On the other hand, "The pros and cons of such a law are so mixed as to make a good one impossible," is a good reason not to make such a law. I think many of us see any law that could be described as "banning anonymous accounts" as being written with too broad a nib to be useful.