Should people be allowed to obscure their identities online?
Obscuring information is the act of hiding information online. Many people rely on obscurity to hide personal information because sometimes it's hard to be discovered. People shouldn't be allowed to obscure their identities online, because they hide their real identity, and comment anonymously affecting public spaces and figures.
To start with, people shouldn't have the right to hide their identity because perverts could take advantage of young girls. According to Learning Mentor’s Resource Book, “A 25-year-old man was found guilty of ‘grooming’ and several counts of ‘sexual activity with a child’, when he befriended girls as young as 13 on a networking site. He always pretended to be younger, knew the ages of the girls he contacted, and persuaded …show more content…
For instance, according to the article, Anonymity and Online Community, published by John M, “Wikipedia’s recent reaction to the revelation that Congressional staffers were editing the heck out of their politician’s bios (and those of their opponents) is also pretty telling.” (April 04, 2006). Wikipedia is one of the many websites who offer to post anonymously, because of that a political figure was almost destroyed. Another Example, stated in the article, How to deal with negative Facebook comments on your brand’s page, it says “The truth is that you will always have people complaining about your products or services, no matter what kind of business you are in, and Facebook is just another channel for them to voice out their unhappiness.” (September 29, 2014). In this article a chart was provided showing how negative comments on public companies can affect them. According to the chart, negative comments on brand companies reduces their stock price and damages their brand causing people to stop
Obscuring information is the act of hiding information online. Many people rely on obscurity to hide personal information because sometimes it's hard to be discovered. People shouldn't be allowed to obscure their identities online, because they hide their real identity, and comment anonymously affecting public spaces and figures.
To start with, people shouldn't have the right to hide their identity because perverts could take advantage of young girls. According to Learning Mentor’s Resource Book, “A 25-year-old man was found guilty of ‘grooming’ and several counts of ‘sexual activity with a child’, when he befriended girls as young as 13 on a networking site. He always pretended to be younger, knew the ages of the girls he contacted, and persuaded …show more content…
For instance, according to the article, Anonymity and Online Community, published by John M, “Wikipedia’s recent reaction to the revelation that Congressional staffers were editing the heck out of their politician’s bios (and those of their opponents) is also pretty telling.” (April 04, 2006). Wikipedia is one of the many websites who offer to post anonymously, because of that a political figure was almost destroyed. Another Example, stated in the article, How to deal with negative Facebook comments on your brand’s page, it says “The truth is that you will always have people complaining about your products or services, no matter what kind of business you are in, and Facebook is just another channel for them to voice out their unhappiness.” (September 29, 2014). In this article a chart was provided showing how negative comments on public companies can affect them. According to the chart, negative comments on brand companies reduces their stock price and damages their brand causing people to stop