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Don't Quote Me: Online Anonymity Fosters Prejudice

by Kim Ficera, October 5, 2006


“Anna's biggest concern was that these kids, in a couple years, will be adults, and they will have been taught that they can humiliate someone like this and get away with it.”
— Murphy Klasing, lawyer for Anna Draker, a high school administrator who has filed suit against two students that created a MySpace.com profile in her name and posted false information indicating she was a lesbian.

“I don't understand how people can be so cruel … I don't believe the website offers useful information to anyone — male or female — on dating. And I don't believe anyone should be able to post something anonymously.”
— Todd Hollis, a Pittsburgh lawyer who is suing the operator of DontDateHimGirl.com for posting what he says is erroneous and defamatory information about his health and sexuality.


This morning I did something I've never done before and I hope to never do again. I spent nearly five hours randomly browsing pages on MySpace.com, videos on YouTube.com and posts on DontDateHimGirl.com. I discovered a few things, one of which is that if President Bush is looking for a new form of torture, he need look no further than these websites... (full article a afterellen.com)