I like getting ideas out there, and I agree that there's a definite problem with online harassment. If we had better laws that were specific to online harassment or percentage-based fines/jail time associated with doxxing, we might see some curbing of that kind of behavior. After all, even anonymous people can often be found by people willing to look hard enough.
But I'm not qualified to determine if that's even a good idea. I just know that privacy shouldn't be a bargaining chip, especially with so many people who would use its loss in bad faith to cause untold amounts of harm (bad politicians, trolls, domestic terrorists, abusers looking for their victims, etc.).
Me too and I often express ideas just to put them out there. Like anyone, I don't necessarily want more laws to regulate our lives, but when people abuse their freedom and use it to hurt others, I just don't see another way. I really believe in counseling as a help for anger issues that people otherwise take out on others online.
I suppose the whole privacy issue is a sticky wicket as they'd say in Britain. There's two sides to every coin. I don't want overregulation nor do I want any more people exposed to bad actors, trolls, all those you cited. But I think if you have an opinion and it's valid, that's enough to qualify you for putting your two cent's worth, and speaking up is so critical in times like these.
I like getting ideas out there, and I agree that there's a definite problem with online harassment. If we had better laws that were specific to online harassment or percentage-based fines/jail time associated with doxxing, we might see some curbing of that kind of behavior. After all, even anonymous people can often be found by people willing to look hard enough.
But I'm not qualified to determine if that's even a good idea. I just know that privacy shouldn't be a bargaining chip, especially with so many people who would use its loss in bad faith to cause untold amounts of harm (bad politicians, trolls, domestic terrorists, abusers looking for their victims, etc.).
Me too and I often express ideas just to put them out there. Like anyone, I don't necessarily want more laws to regulate our lives, but when people abuse their freedom and use it to hurt others, I just don't see another way. I really believe in counseling as a help for anger issues that people otherwise take out on others online.
I suppose the whole privacy issue is a sticky wicket as they'd say in Britain. There's two sides to every coin. I don't want overregulation nor do I want any more people exposed to bad actors, trolls, all those you cited. But I think if you have an opinion and it's valid, that's enough to qualify you for putting your two cent's worth, and speaking up is so critical in times like these.