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Book SynopsisIn The United States of Anonymous, Jeff Kosseff explores how the right to anonymity has shaped American values, politics, business, security, and discourse, particularly as technology has enabled people to separate their identities from their communications.
Legal and political debates surrounding online privacy often focus on the Fourth Amendment''s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, overlooking the history and future of an equally powerful privacy right: the First Amendment''s protection of anonymity. The United States of Anonymous features extensive and engaging interviews with people involved in the highest profile anonymity cases, as well as with those who have benefited from, and been harmed by, anonymous communications. Through these interviews, Kosseff explores how courts have protected anonymity for decades and, likewise, how law and technology have allowed individuals to control how much, if any, identifying inf
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Amid surging social media and online speech wars, readers concerned about the future of free speech, privacy, and the law will appreciate Kosseff's ability to deftly place the many-sided anonymity debate in the context of constitutional values and social norms.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: Developing the Right to Anonymity
1. America, the Anonymous
2. Empowering Anonymous Association
3. Empowering Anonymous Speech
4. The Scope of Anonymity Empowerment
5. Antimask
Part II: The Right to Online Anonymity
6. Cybersmear
7. Setting the Rules for Online Anonymity
8. Online Anonymity and Copyright
9. When the Government Wants to Unmask You
10. Anonymity Worldwide
11. Technological Protections for Anonymity
Part III: Living in an Anonymous World
12. Anonymity as a Shield
13. Anonymity as a Sword
Part IV: The Future of Anonymity
14. Real-Name Policies
15. Out in the Open
16. Empowering Anonymity through Privacy Law
Conclusion
