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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828199203321

Autore

Kosseff Jeff <1978->

Titolo

The United States of anonymous : how the first amendment shaped online speech / / Jeff Kosseff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-5017-6239-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 pages)

Disciplina

342.7308/53

Soggetti

Freedom of speech - United States

Privacy, Right of - United States

Anonymous persons - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

America, the Anonymous -- Anonymity and Civil Rights -- By Manuel Talley and Margaret McIntyre -- What Does It Mean to Be Anonymous? -- Anti-Mask -- Cybersmear -- Setting the Rules for Online Anonymity -- Online Anonymity and Copyright -- When the Government Wants to Unmask You -- Anonymity Worldwide -- Technological Protections for Anonymity -- Anonymity as a Shield -- Anonymity as a Sword -- Real Name Policies -- Out in the Open.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book traces the history of the right to anonymous speech in America, dating back to the pseudonymous publication of the Federalist Papers and other foundational political writings. It examines how courts have recognized a First Amendment right to anonymity, and how that right has shaped the Internet that we know today"--