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Who are you really? Online identity wars.

Author
Phil Dobbie
Published
Thu 28 Sep 2023
Episode Link
https://shows.acast.com/the-why-curve/episodes/who-are-you-really-onlijne-identity-wars

Should we be able to be anonymous online? If we all knew who we were, would the conversation be more civil? Would the bots and trolls be exposed for what they are? Or would it open vulnerable people to attack - dissidents pursued by hostile regimes? Would the free speech at the heart of the net disappear? Dr Catherine Flick, reader in Computing and Social Responsibility at De Montfort University tells Phil and Roger what works in trying to clean up the online world, and how hard it is to police especially with trans-national actors.

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