Should network anonymity be protected?

Network anonymity should be protected.

As an integral part of personality right, privacy right is not stipulated in General Principles of Civil Law, but it is listed in Article 2 of Tort Liability Law. Article 36 of Tort Liability Law relates to the protection of personal information. And in theory, privacy is a new personal personality right. In the context of the rapid development of the current network, privacy is particularly important.

From the daily literal interpretation, the semantic scope of personal information is greater than the right to privacy. But from a legal point of view, the scope of privacy is relatively broad, including not only online, but also offline. Personal information is legally directed to online activities.

Absolute anonymity will lead to absolute crime, but maybe sometimes people need relative anonymity to guarantee their right to freedom of speech. There is a simple reason. People may not be completely satisfied with their jobs, but in order to survive, they may not choose to leave easily, so it is the most choice to criticize their companies anonymously. Once their real names are made public, it is almost predictable to leave their jobs.

The relative anonymity system effectively ensures that users face personal privacy disclosure, moral hazard and public opinion pressure. In the case mentioned at the beginning of the article, the merchant of the video streaming source chose to remove the camera and transfer the store in order to prevent possible harm because of the disclosure of personal information.