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On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
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Dear Babubhai
The latest international trends are actually the exact opposite of what you are suggesting.
Governments and State-police are getting increasingly repressive by the day. A study by Google says that India is the world's 3rd most intrusive govt when it comes to snooping on its citizens internet privacy.
The US Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the right to Freedom of Speech (1st Amendment) emphatically includes the right to anonymous free speech.
https://www.eff.org/issues/anonymity
"Protections for anonymous speech are vital to democratic discourse. Allowing dissenters to shield their identities frees them to express critical minority views . . . Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. . . . It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation . . . at the hand of an intolerant society."
The riseup.net resources IAC uses and proposes to expand on further has many tools for anonymising users. We should use them.
The moderators must also look beyond the identity of the contributors and look at the content of what is submitted. Many public servants/Govt officers on our list are reluctant to contribute openly because of CC/CCS rules. At Humjanenge we had always allowed and encouraged pseudonymous accounts for them In fact they are some of our most valued contributors.
I would welcome the day when each and every member of this list communicates using an anonymous and untraceable identity
SarbajitOn Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Babubhai Vaghela <vaghelabd@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Sir.The subscribers those who have not disclosed their true & full Identity, and write / comment as anonymous, should be debarred as Subscribers to IAC.Moderator may kindly look into the viability and desirability of the suggestion.If deemed fit, the suggestion may kindly be implemented.
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