This is why the internet must be free
Nick Cohen in the Observer on blogs and the Web 2.0 phenomenon:
“Anonymity may give free reign to spluttering buffoons to write without being held to account for their words, but it also allows police officers and NHS doctors to describe the faults of the public sector without the fear of their bosses firing them. The medium’s unlimited space allows millions to drone on in blogs that no one but their friends will read, but the same lack of constraint allows professors to bring their knowledge to a general audience without adhering to the stultifying styles of academia.”
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