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Online anonymity breeds trolls

The very nature of anonymity means that people say and do things they would never do if their names were attached, sometimes resulting in horrible events like victim’s families being harassed. Should anonymity be banned online? asks Julie Zhuo from Facebook.

QUIZ: YouTube comments or E.E. Cummings poetry?

LISN bud LISN” — can you tell the difference between words written by American poet E.E Cummings and comments posted on YouTube? Take McSweeney’s quick quiz.

Could a blog comment get you sued?

A blogger posts inflammatory comments online about a Vogue model. A court then insists the blogger be identified, so the model can sue for defamation. What if that happened in Australia? Would it change what people wrote online?

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