Abolish modern internet anonymity

The article argues that present-day anonymous online speech is a new technological phenomenon, functionally different from historical anonymous pamphleteering, and that this difference may justify policy steps that greatly reduce or eliminate anonymity online. It posits that the harms enabled by modern anonymous networks (extremist coordination, doxxing-enabled harassment, covert marketplaces) could outweigh the traditional democratic benefits of anonymous speech. — If taken seriously, this reframing pushes policy debates from incremental mitigation toward foundational choices about identity, surveillance, and the architecture of the internet.