6.805 | Fall 2005 | Undergraduate

Ethics and the Law on the Electronic Frontier

Readings

Selected Topics in Anonymity

  • Lewis, Peter. “Computer Jokes and Threats Ignite Debate on Anonymity.” New York Times, December 31, 1994.
  • Siegel, Martha. “Computer Anarchy: A plea for Internet laws to protect the innocent.” December 1994.
  • “World-wide Internet community appalled over the Scientology seizure. Was the child porn scandal just a cover?” Press release, Helsinki, Finland, February 21, 1995.
  • Akst, Daniel. “Postcard from Cyberspace: The Helsinki Incident and the Right to Anonymity.” Los Angeles Times, February 22, 1995.
  • Arthur, Charles. “Identity crisis on the Internet.” New Scientist 145, no. 1968 (March 11, 1995). Well-connected Internet users who distribute secret or sensitive information without revealing their names are playing havoc with national laws.