7
Oct
2023
Round 1 Topics
Published by Jeremy David Johnson
1. THBT the rise of social media as a primary news source is detrimental to informed public discourse.
2. THBT citizen journalism does more harm than good.
3. THR the mass popularity of social media platforms
4. THBT encrypted communication platforms should provide backdoors for government access in the interest of national security.
5. INFO SLIDE: Pseudonymity is the near-anonymous state in which a user has a consistent identifier that is not their real name, allowing users to engage without revealing their true identity but while still maintaining a consistent online persona.
THS the use of pseudonymity as the default on online platforms.