Priti Patel could remove your right to anonymity on social media

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Your right to online anonymity could be taken away

The Home Secretary says she is not ruling out ditching anonymity on social media in the wake of the murder of Sir David Amess.Asked on Sky News’ Trevor Phillips On Sunday programme about whether the right could be removed, she said: ‘I want us to look at everything.

‘There is work taking place already. We have an Online Harms Bill that will come to Parliament, there is working taking place on it right now. ‘I’ve done a lot of work on social media platforms, mainly around encryption and areas of that nature.’ The Home Secretary continued: ‘But we can’t carry on like this. I spend too much time with communities who have been under attack, basically who have had all sorts of postings online and it is a struggle to get those posts taken down.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that

 

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If you’ve ever wondered what a world where online anonymity has become a thing of the past might look like, then you might like to read my short story ‘Too Late the Martyr’, in UKMallard magazine. InLine

So you are all over the internet, on different platforms, but want to be anonymous? question: WHY

Hahahahaaa. Tories not understanding how vpns work...

I agree. Nobody should be allowed to hide behind their aliases...

So no more ToryBots?

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