User:Beta M/anonymity

"If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don't like. Goebbels was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you're in favor of freedom of speech, that means you're in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise."

Assult on Free speech 1. Cost of publishing. 1.1. Copyright (changed from protecting authors to protecting the elite) as an example 1.1.1. Emerging resistance to proprietary speech. 1.1.2. Reaction in the form of the stronger censorship. 1.2. What is needed to protect copyright 1.2.1. Identity of the author is required.

2. Fear of punishment

3. Equality of ideas 3.1. If we are sure of our ideas we mustn't be scared of the ideas of others. 3.2. People with more "credibility" are believed more... ideas themselves are not as powerful.

Why is anonymity important

• Providing resisting censorship.
• No ability to promote copyright.
• Constant push for the diversification.

Why is it not present today

• Society based upon identifying the original speaker, whether by copyright laws, or technological tracking systems.
• Money can be made by analising the behaviour of the customers
• War on terrorism

Arguments against anonymity in the free society

• Hurting other people
• No "persecution"
• Hard to grow to "trust" each other.

Encryption GILC (Global Internet Liberty Campaign) classes UK to be in the Green/Yellow zone. "There are no import controls on cryptologic products in the United Kingdom. There do not appear to be any domestic use restrictions."