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June 21, 2009
A little anonymity goes a long way
Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics about the Night Jack case, where a UK court allowed the Times to expose the identity of a police blogger, which led to him being disciplined and his prize-winning blog deleted.
In Sometimes justice wears a mask: blogging, anonymity and the open society Sandberg's argument is that we need a bit of anonymity to guarantee adequate protection against formal and informal reprisal. Most communication works better if it is non-anonymous, but the kind of communication that needs anonymity is extra important to an open society. The chilling effects of the court ruling go completely against the many other protections for whistle-blowers in society.
Posted by Waldemar at June 21, 2009 08:30 PM