Proposals to limit anonymous communications
on the Internet would violate free speech
rights long recognized by the Supreme Court.
Anonymous and pseudonymous speech played
a vital role in the founding of this country.
Thomas Paine's Common Sensewas first released
signed, "An Englishman." Alexander Hamilton,
John Jay, James Madison, Samuel Adams, and
others carried out the debate between
Federalists and Anti-Federalists using pseudonyms.
Today, human rights workers in China
and many other countries have reforged the link
between anonymity and free speech.
Given the importance of anonymity as a
component of free speech, the cost of banning
anonymous Internet speech would be enormous.
It makes no sense to treat Internet speech
differently from printed leaflets or books.
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