The Internet is slowly becoming a less anonymous place. YouTube has a new policy encouraging commenters to use their real names, and many news sites have switched to a login system run by Facebook.

An Illinois newspaper must disclose the identity of an anonymous reader who posted allegedly defamatory comments on its website, a state appellate court has ruled. A three-judge panel of the Appellate ...

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A quarter of all Internet users have posted anonymous comments, a Pew study about online anonymity says. But when it comes to posting any material online, people “are more likely than not to attach ...

A week after a historical 2022 NFL Draft for the University of Georgia, where the Bulldogs set the record for most players taken in the modern NFL Draft era by any program, with 15 players going over ...

A bill before the New York State Assembly would essentially ban anonymous comments on New York-based Web sites. A bill before the New York State Assembly would essentially ban anonymous comments on ...

Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they’ve supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 images. That ...

In New York state, legislators in both chambers have proposed bills that would force Web sites to police the identities of anonymous commenters. Under the proposed Internet Protection Act (S06779), ...

A European court ruled Thursday that a major Estonian news portal can be held liable for anonymous comments posted by users. Reuters/Stringer Score another victory for trolls. On Thursday, the ...