Not to mention the fact that it's a privacy issue. The Internet is more or less anonymous (though it is becoming less so) and many people want it to stay that way. The Internet should be a forum for free speech and you cannot really have free speech without anonymity. People might want to have a website where they can say whatever they want without fear of retribution. As far as I'm concerned, that's within their rights. Why is this an issue?
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Not to mention the fact that it's a privacy issue. The Internet is more or less anonymous (though it is becoming less so) and many people want it to stay that way. The Internet should be a forum for free speech and you cannot really have free speech without anonymity. People might want to have a website where they can say whatever they want without fear of retribution. As far as I'm concerned, that's within their rights. Why is this an issue?