Who Is Amanda Todd Be Protected?

Today most people would tell you that the stocks, pillory and other tools of public punishment are barbaric. We’ve moved passed them, having figured out more humane ways to deal with crime. Why, then, the resurgence of public shaming, namely the mainstream acceptance of the “dox,” which, in its purest form, is the digging up of a target’s personal information—name, phone number, address, Social Security number, familial relationships, financial history—and exposing it online to encourage harassment from others? This practice has gradually been popularized by Anonymous, the amorphous collective of trolls and “hacktivists” that alternately terrorize tween girls and disable government websites.

“While individuals may not have an expectation of privacy in public, they do have an expectation of anonymity. A person expects to be able to walk down the street and blend into the crowd. There are many public settings in which a person does not expect to be recorded, even if they could be casually observed. Some of these settings could be sensitive, embarrassing, or incriminating…” [3].

Recently, there was a controversy about Philadelphia Parking Authority Interim Chief Clarena Tolson hiring her daughter’s roommate, Talasia Garner as one of the new employees. According to Halbherr, he describes Tolson’s unethical behavior as “a slap in the face” because Garner receives a $48,578 yearly job with no efforts. Her actions are unacceptable because this is not fair for the rest of the employees. The sudden appointment of Talasia Garner as the new administrative assistant has led to a lot of problems. Despite the fact that people expressed their disapproval, she believed Garner is a suitable candidate because she has the qualifications for the job. However, there was no information about Garner’s previous employment that prove she

In the case “Naming Names: Privacy and the Public’s Right to Know”, the ethical question is did the Gazette make a good choice not to reveal the names of the offenders and the neighborhood in which the molestations took place and even when the arrest was made and sentence was given, they did not report on it. The editor of the Gazette made a clear distinction between why they did not print the names or neighborhoods involved in this case, but have printed names and where the crime took place before with cases involving molestation arrests, convictions, and sentences.

Imagine logging into your social media page and you find yourself among a page full of addresses that follow the residents’ names. Your name and address is the first your eyes land upon, and you’ve now realized you have been exposed. You clearly have no idea how it got there and the number of people that have seen it. Because the internet now has your personal information you are now unmasked to many harmful people, including cyberbullies, sextraffickers, and kidnappers. That now has the advanged to use physical violence and fear towards you. In October of 2017 one of the week long stings ran in Florida that targeted human trafficking and online prostitution, it ended among with the arrest of 277 people which include trusted adults like, doctors

She was an outgoing teenager. She liked meeting new people on a video chat. But one time she made the mistake by listening to an anonymous stranger who asked to flash. Soon she learned the consequences of doing that. He would make fake facebook accounts and request to follow her classmates. He would tell them misrepresentations that he was moving to that school soon and wanted to get to know some people. After they followed him back he would post the inappropriate picture of Amanda. Everyone either would bully Amanda or alienate her. Everyone who bullied her should have been expelled because everyone makes mistakes. “ The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned.” Which was said by the expert Albert Einstein. Amanda was not bullied by a clique she was bullied by kids from all over the world. It is appropriate that someone should've stepped in to help. But no one did, and that’s the reason we have two less people in this

All this is to say; yes, there are problems with anonymous speech. It leaves the door open for lies and malevolent intentions. But also, shutting that door completely inhibits people to have courage to speak up against injustice or malpractice. Americans need to recognize that freedom to speak openly is under fire… we need to defend all kinds of speech. In the words of Justice Brandies, “The remedy is more speech,” be it anonymous or

Anonymous posting provides an opportunity for social media users to reveal “honest expression, unencumbered by identity” (Poole). The ability to remain anonymous directly affects users’ online behavior to inevitably portray an extension of their offline persona, yet it also enables the choice to make claims on an identity that differs from reality. When individuals hide behind the mask of electronic anonymity, they can take the role of a cyberbully with the intention to aggravate and distress victims, which demonstrates their moral disengagement toward the feelings of other individuals. Despite the fact that anonymity fosters a “unique sense of community . . . that embraces and encourages freedom of thought [, social media sites such as 4chan have] completely raw and unfiltered discourse” (Poole). The social media site, 4chan, is an online messaging board where anonymous users do not have to submit personal information to be involved in it (Russon). Because it does not replicate real-world social norms by emphasizing the human qualities of conversation such as people’s faces, real names, as well as brief biographies, there is not a baseline of responsibility and thus users are willing to post without inhibition to castigation. The

“Amanda Todd was only 15 when she took her own life at her home on October 10, 2012. Just 3 days before however, she posted a video on YouTube about her story. Millions of people have seen that video and to this day, it has over 17 million views. Many people had seen this video as a call for help, and nobody did. Here is her story before she took her life. A few years ago, during her 7th grade year, she was using video chat to meet new people. One person had convinced her to show her breasts during a video chat and a year later, someone managed to find it and caused complete chaos for her. Soon, it was sent to everyone she knew, and that had caused her to transfer schools for many reasons. Her reputation was ruined once everyone had seen these pictures, she was thrown out into the dust and left for dead. This had been going on for months now, and nothing was done. Amanda was beaten by other classmates, had no friends, and she even tried to drink bleach but was saved before she could die. A few months later, she took her own life at her home in British Columbia, Canada.

“Dragnet Nation” author Julia Angwin and Bruce Wayne are surprisingly similar. Both have struggles with keeping private life private, dealing with baddies, and being a bit paranoid. However, unlike Batman, “Dragnet Nation” isn’t groundbreaking. Yet despite stating obvious facts, and doing more to entice paranoia than inform, Angwin does have a solid underlying point: They key to online privacy is pseudonymity. Providing false information in order to protect oneself and others, is quite simple to apply, and can deter social engineering attacks. Be that as it may, pseudonymity can be used for less noble purposes.

Bum bum, bum bum. Her heartbeat, once soothing and melodic, now pounded in her ears, dangerous, foreboding, and ragged. Her breath was scattered and choppy as she adjusted the rope that wrapped around her neck. Scars littered her forearms, a terribly frightful sight that persuaded her to cover them up with baggy sweatshirts as to not cause any concern. She couldn’t take it anymore. She couldn’t take the constant abuse. She couldn’t take the constant stress. She couldn’t take the constant pain. This world seemed far too cruel for a fifteen year old girl. Or, at least, it was far too cruel to her. Bum bum, bum bum. A tear rolled off her quivering cheek as she contemplated what she was about to do. Yes, she was scared, but dying was a quick release from the endless suffering her life continuously brought, and it was exactly what she needed. In one swift motion she stepped off of the chair, the noose on her slender neck. Amanda Todd’s story is a tragedy and a perfect example of how violence is detrimental to our society. Millions of people from all around the world endure the pain and trauma that violence brings into our lives. Violence continues to harm our

One important and unforgettable case is that of 15-year-old Phoebe Prince. Phoebe was a vibrant, intelligent, and popular Irish girl who had come to America to live the great American dream, but all that took a turn for the worst when she began to endure online bullying and harassment from her ex boyfriend's new girlfriend, and four other individuals. According to the online article, “Who Failed Phoebe Prince” by Alyssa Giacobbe, Phoebe was constantly attacked, taunted and bullied by a group of six students for a long period of time. The individuals accused Phoebe of many different ordeals including the idea that Phoebe had taken another girl's boyfriend and called her heinous names. Phoebe resulted in going to school officials, administration, and the school principal hoping that someone, anyone of those adults would come to her aid, but none did anything to help her. The constant name calling continued on all social media platforms and Phoebe felt like her world was tumbling down. On the day of January 14, 2010, Phoebe decided that she would no longer want to live life with six people constantly taunting so she decided to take her own life once and for all. Justice for Phoebe's death consisted of all six individuals facing criminal charges in court and serving sentences, not just legal, but life worthy. Even after Phoebe's death many of the same people continued to post and comment terrible things about her and this was the time in which many students from the school began to speak up. All students asserted that the school officials failed to help or even empathize with any student with the ordeals that were endured and it was a great matter of neglect that was faced. Inaction was a common plague at this high school because the administration did nothing and refused to

To conclude, my perspectives on anonymous is to attract attention to injustices/shameful acts so that the masses can see them for what they genuinely are. The point is to get information out to the masses. With respect to US, we all see in different articles that information is the primary reason for the last 40 years of US involvement in wars and the motivation behind why more americans aren't as livid as they ought to be is on account of they are simply unaware.

On a very popular college gossip website called juicycampus.com, students could hide behind the “anonymity mask” posting anything they wanted while remaining anonymous to other users. This obviously had some consequences. Female students where being called sluts, whores and even their personal information such as their addresses and phone numbers were being given away on this website. Male students were being called jerks and some were said to have STD’s. Whether this was true or not, nobody should have to know

Have you ever herd of Amanda Todd? Amanda Todd posted a video on YouTube that tells a heart wrenching story about how she was bullied on and offline (Grenoble, 1). “I would go with friends on webcam to meet and talk to new people” (Grenoble, 1). She was called stunning, beautiful, and other nice things after a while they started asking her to flash (TheSomebodyToKnow, 1). A year later, a man contacted her on Facebook and threatened to send around her topless picture if she didn’t put on a show (Grenoble, 1). She later found out the stranger knew everything about her: her address school, friends, and family members (Grenoble, 1). Soon her photo had been sent to everyone (Grenoble, 1).Amanda developed anxiety and depression and then, she started doing drugs and drinking alcohol (Grenoble, 1).