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Destroy the internet to save it?


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People tend to defend online anonymity by pointing to the long tradition of anonymous speech in American democracy.

But modern anonymity is an entirely new beast. 

Should we ban anonymity on the internet? That's what The Argument's Jerusalem Demsas and Slow Boring's Matthew Yglesias debate in The Argument's latest episode.

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The Argument is produced by Justin Zuckerman, fact-checked by Eli Richman, with music by Breakmaster Cylinder and art by Ben Tousley.

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The ArgumentBy Jerusalem Demsas & Matthew Yglesias