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# Tugging at our masks
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/19344/
- Published: 2006-01-25T13:01:16.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:34:41.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

Pseudonyms are ubiquitous on web forums and blogs worldwide, but a recent US bill attacks that anonymity. *"it is possible that a person who makes a Web posting or who sends an e-mail intended simply to annoy someone else while not disclosing his or her true identity could be subject to fines and jail time."* [Eric J. Sinrod](http://news.com.com/The+erosion+of+anonymous+Internet+speech/2010-1028%5F3-6030721.html?ref=opendemocracy.net)