Anyone who has trawled through an internet forum will have seen how anonymity can change people. What happens when young people are thrown into the mix?
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A higher quality discussion emerged among commenters allowed to use personas instead of their real names.
While some online services such as banking do warrant using your true information, many sites shouldn’t require the same level of disclosure. Here’s how to protect yourself in such cases.
Warning about anonymous messaging app YOLO miss the potential benefits it could have.
The ability to say offensive things online on a daily basis without consequences led to new, and more toxic, norms for civic behavior.
Every day, millions of internet users leave comments on web sites and on social networks covering any topic imaginable. At its very best, commenting fosters a social community of people sharing an interest…
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