The Guardian requires a name,address and phone number for all of its letter-writers, points out Dr Monica Threlfall. Nigel Gann, or Michael Rundell and Martin Davidson air their thoughts on Cambridge Analytica. And Patrick Cosgrove says just don’t use FacebookWhen democrats fought for free speech,they envisaged the freedom for a person to say publicly what they believe without having recourse to anonymity out of alarm of persecution (Editorial, 19 March).
The Guardian requires a name, and address and phone number for all of its letter-writers,even though it doesn’t always publish them to preserve privacy. Once the democratic world had found the optimum solution, social media reintroduced anonymity and pseudonyms as general practice, and with problematic results.
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Source: theguardian.com