Introduction
Yarek Waszul
Everyone used to complain that the Web allowed people to make anonymous verbal attacks or send dirty photos and videos without getting caught.
But several incidents — the outing of Anthony Weiner’s inappropriate text messages, the outburst of a young woman on a Metro-North train that went global, and the private moment of a couple caught on video at a riot in Vancouver — highlight a countervailing effect.
Nothing is anonymous or invisible. Will the recent cases make people more careful about how they behave? Will they keep their tempers in check at the post office, or stop telling strangers how to raise their children? How does this growing “publicness” affect civility, privacy rights and free expression?
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