NODE 7ed629c2Re: What is the EFF doing exactly?
Jon Lebkowsky <jonl@well.com>Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:25:36 +0800
At 07:44 AM 9/3/96 -0700, James A. Donald wrote:
>At 03:17 PM 9/3/96 -0700, Jon Lebkowsky wrote:
>> Not necessarily. The character of the anonymous speech is decisive. If you
>> use anonymity to cloak harassment, for instance, the anonymity (which
>> removes accountability) is a problem. The accountability issue is real and
>> should be addressed, not evaded.
>
>No: The harassment is the problem, not the anonymity that makes it
>possible.
The harassment is one problem, the lack of accountability another. Which is
not to say that 'lack of accountability' should be 'fixed' by some sort of
blanket restriction...but it should be acknowledged as a problem.
--
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NODE a5f83c69Re: What is the EFF doing exactly?
Declan McCullagh <declan@eff.org>Thu, 5 Sep 1996 05:56:34 +0800
Harassment in person when someone is shouting at you in the street,
spittle flying in your face, is one thing.
Online "harassment," I believe, is a problem that can be solved with
technical means. Don't like someone? Killfile them.
-Declan
On Wed, 4 Sep 1996, Jon Lebkowsky wrote:
> At 07:44 AM 9/3/96 -0700, James A. Donald wrote:
> >At 03:17 PM 9/3/96 -0700, Jon Lebkowsky wrote:
> >> Not necessarily. The character of the anonymous speech is decisive. If you
> >> use anonymity to cloak harassment, for instance, the anonymity (which
> >> removes accountability) is a problem. The accountability issue is real and
> >> should be addressed, not evaded.
> >
> >No: The harassment is the problem, not the anonymity that makes it
> >possible.
>
> The harassment is one problem, the lack of accountability another. Which is
> not to say that 'lack of accountability' should be 'fixed' by some sort of
> blanket restriction...but it should be acknowledged as a problem.
>
> --
> Jon Lebkowsky <jonl@hotwired.com> FAX (512)444-2693 http://www.well.com/~jonl
> Electronic Frontiers Forum, 6PM PDT Thursdays <http://www.hotwired.com/eff>
> "No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough."--Saul Alinsky
>
// declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //