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Should anonymity on the internet be banned?

Debated on June 26, 2026
YES14%
NO86%
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The owl's take

The world defends online anonymity: 86 % refuse to ban it, against 14 % who favour a ban. No undecided voters.

Women are unanimously against a ban. Men also reject the idea by a majority, but supply the entirety of the opposing camp.

By age, the 18-24s and the over-65s unanimously refuse a ban, two generations that few subjects unite this completely. The 25-34s do exactly the opposite and swing as a bloc to the other side.

The thread's two contributions run with the vote and defend anonymity by two different routes. The first starts from constraint: we no longer really have a choice about using the internet, so we should at least be able to remain anonymous on it if we want to.

The second starts from free expression and from those it concretely protects: vulnerable people, particularly victims of violence, can speak without fear thanks to anonymity.

The camp in favour of a ban, the one that usually invokes accountability and the fight against harassment, sent nobody to argue. The debate therefore shows only one side of a question that, at the ballot, had two.

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