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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Human rights should be considered proportionally in any governmental policy related to the Internet, in a way which will hopefully spur the private sector to follow. Manufactured ribknit balaclava ...

We’re always online, always connected. We sleep with our phones under our pillows, check our email countless times a day, and keep tabs on our friends, families, celebrities, and social media ...

Within newsrooms, the question of when it’s appropriate to use anonymous sources is frequently debated. It’s one of the many kinds of conversations—crucial and complicated—that’s not typically visible ...

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 ...