Should websites quash them or encourage them? June 2, 2011 — -- The debate over anonymity on the Internet is heating up again. Courts increasingly encounter the question of when to order the ...

First Amendment anonymity safeguards have been vital over the past half-century, but they have limits. The constitutional protections prevent certain uses of government power to unmask people. Cases ...

You probably know about the digital anonymity service Tor, but for whatever reason you may not actually use it. Maybe between the nodes, traffic rerouting, and special onion URLs it seems too ...

To save our democracy, we must get rid of online anonymity. That's the headline of an opinion piece published on The Hill at the beginning of the month. Mark Weinstein, author, tech, and privacy ...

Anonymity is one of the great gifts of the Internet, because it allows people to explore new interests and express opinions without anyone knowing who they are. It's protective, it's empowering, and ...

Today, Google announced a new tool for selectively blurring sensitive parts in videos uploaded to YouTube, such as faces. This is an important option for preserving anonymity in visual media, at a ...

Melody Patry is the London-based advocacy director at Access Now, a nonprofit which works to defend and extend digital rights globally On Sunday, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton was racially abused ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carrie Lukas, a mother of five, is president of Independent Women. Governor Kristi Noem came under attack last week, supposedly ...

The history of English literature is replete with authors who hid their names from their audience. Should the 21st-century academy also follow in this tradition? Jonathan Swift, for example, published ...

Particularly focusing on self-custody or unhosted wallets, the guidelines seek to delineate organisational responsibilities ...