“In ancient Greece, everyone could express their opinion openly and by name – they would raise their hand and share their view. This should inspire us as we shape a new digital democracy,” the minister told Euractiv on the sidelines of the Delphi Economic Forum.

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[+] -12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can't say I'm behind the approach but it might help loosen the stranglehold that social media has on average people's lives. I'd agree that anonymity enables greater levels of toxicity, but I think a greater problem is credibility. Its almost impossible on the internet today to know who is 'credible' and if we solved that problem a lot of the toxic content and misinformation would fall into the 'not credible' arena and we could treat like fringe fiction accordingly.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    anonymity enables greater levels of toxicity

    No. No, it doesn't. Various fora that have required real names and IDs over the years have proven this—people are quite willing to be extremely toxic even if their real names are attached to every post.

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