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Subject:	[ NNSquad ] Internet trolls are even more hostile when they're using their real names, a study finds
Resent-Date:	Thu, 28 Jul 2016 06:55:55 +0200
Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2016 21:42:16 -0700
From:	Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
To:	nnsquad@nnsquad.org

Internet trolls are even more hostile when they're using their real names, a study finds

http://qz.com/741933/internet-trolls-are-even-more-hostile-when-theyre-using-their-real-names-a-study-finds/

  	Anonymity, we often assume, is the breeding ground for bad
	behavior on the internet. Among the gatekeepers of comment
	sections and social media sites, the conventional wisdom is
	that anonymity empowers bullies to voice hateful opinions
	without consequence. When unmasked by real-name policies, the
	theory goes, these trolls will slink back to their caves,
	taking the vitriol from Twitter, Facebook and other social
	media with them.  Not true, says Lea Stahel, a sociology
	researcher at the University of Zurich.

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