Anonymity

A man in a hood walks past a screen with green letters on it. We don't know who he is or what he did. 

Do you trust him?

WATCH A Brief History of Anonymity Full Video (16 min)

CREATE Is Anonymity a Right? Blog Post

Create a blog post about what you have learned about anonymity and decide when/if anonymity is a good thing and when/if it is bad for digital citizens of the Internet.

In your post, answer the questions:

If people could not see your face or know who you are, would you act differently? 

How do you think about a website that has misspelled words and doesn't look professional? 

Are professional websites more trustworthy than amateurs? 

What would professional behavior look like in anonymous posts on a blog? 

How does anonymity protect or disturb the good of society? 

Should complete anonymity be a right? OR Should some things always be public? 

Cite all sources of your information and embed media whenever possible. 

POST a link to your blog post and provide an excerpt from your post in a comment below.