Comment by spiralpolitik
1 year ago
There is no absolute right to anonymity in the US constitution.
(The courts have "recognized relatively strong First Amendment presumptions on behalf of purveyors of anonymous speech, especially for those that are statements of opinions rather than obvious falsehoods, while recognizing that government sometimes has the right to identify such speakers when they have used their platforms to harass, engage in slander or sexual predation, make true threats, or allow foreign governments to influence U.S. elections")
How is one supposed to exercise their right to anonymously express political opinions if anonymity is prohibited by law?
There is no right to anonymously express political opinions.
There is a right to express political opinions, but anonymity is a privilege, not a right.
Then how do you explain these?
https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/anony...
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The converse would have to be true then, that the government has the legitimate power to intimidate people to not express their opinion. This does not seem like a legitimate power for government to have, but now I need to be careful whether I express it at all.
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