“...Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian programmer who wrote software for uploading photos to the Web. While visiting Iran, Malekpour was kidnapped, thrown in prison, beaten, tortured, and given a death sentence by an Iranian court.”(Taken 2) For having a voice on the internet, Saeed Malekpour was physically and possibly abused mentally. If only he could make his name anonymous then possibly he wouldn’t have to face this horror. Many people have doubted the importance of internet privacy, but without the use of identity, many have found hope and freedom from persecution and judgement. The first main reason that anonymous posting and commenting should still be allowed on the internet is that it allows one to be true to themselves.“To attract users,…show more content… Most people (I hope) would want to not be judged by what they do or say on the internet; and in this day-in-age, it has never been easier to feel less attached to the things said by others on the internet. Almost everybody would want to be part of something on the internet, whether that be social media or even in a Myspace chat room, but without the certainty of anonymity emotions, and feelings could be confined or even twisted when expressed. “But because their handles aren't based on real names, they can deliberately delineate their identity accordingly, and reassert anonymity if they wish. Psychologists argue that this is valuable for the development of a sense of who one is, who one can be, and how one fits into different contexts.” (Krotoski 11). Krotoski could not…show more content… “Understandably, many young gay Arabs only come out to a small handful of trusted people—and still others don’t come out at all.” (Miler,4), is a great example of trust on the internet. On the internet, trust is one of the many issue when it comes to giving out private information, and especially when this information could potentially become public and under a specific name. Just as the quote exemplified, only to a small number, people’s information is given about their sexuality in the Middle East, which in Middle East is a crime if not heterosexual, and this is only to people that can be trusted and are already trusted. “The millions who have gone online over the past decade want a safe place where they won’t experience bad behavior, have their identities stolen or be duped by imposters.” (Krotoski,8), she makes an excellent point here. People (as least I hope) would want to feel safe on the internet and the easiest way to do so it for the ability to be anonymous. Being anonymous means that nobody has and can feel confined to one name; they could be anybody they want to be, and still not be tied directly back to whatever they said. So how can someone steal somebody’s identity or pretend to be them if they are not under a specific
