Julie Zhou's Essay 'Where Anonymity Breeds Contempt'

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Fighting Against Cyber Harrasment
In the essay “Where Anonymity Breeds Contempt” the author Julie Zhou demonstrates the negative impact Anonymity in the internet has had on human beings. Following with a convincing argument for unmasking these “trolls” of the internet.
Zhuo begins her essay with an anecdote about reading an insightful story on your favorite website. With positive thoughts in your head you scroll down the page to find an anonymous hateful comment, this is an internet troll. The authors main point in this essay is that since we can post comments without anyone knowing who it is, will inevitably lead to immoral behavior. She supports this idea with an argument put forth by Plato in fourth century B.C. As well as psychological

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