Anonymity should be allowed for social media.

However, I do believe in your rebuttals you have shown why Internet anonymity is relevant and necessary. I will divide my arguments again as in my first round argument as my opponent rebutted them according to the sections. Why Internet freedom My opponent asserted the case about the Bloggers in Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and the USA having been wrongfully arrested. As such my assertion that anonymity would have protected them stands undefeated. This means I have made a very strong case for Internet anonymity as it will lead to less suffering and illegal imprisonment when a person uses their right to free speech. Remember this right is a worldwide human right as endorsed by every nation that signs the UN charter. (1) My opponent even says the Alabama blogger had "every right to post what he did. " and he should never have been " wrongfully charged". Unfortunately he did and he was, but this would never have happened with Internet anonymity. Signs ups don't help Here my opponent and I agree that the problems (such as cyberbullying) will not change by making people sign up for social media (emails etc) or by staying anonymous. As such, with or without anonymity cyberbullying will still happen. However, as in the previous round I believe I have already made a strong case for anonymity so my argument stands undefeated. I think however, that my point about being spied on is very important and not irrelevant as hinted at by my opponent. The fact is when you put something on the Internet, it can come back to hurt you in real life. People can either do stupid things i. e. post a drunk picture, or express opinions on social media that are justified. These actions then can have severe consequences such as losing a job. (2) However, I can state with certainty that had these posts on social media being anonymous these people would never have been fired. Parental responsibility My opponent agrees with my stance that parents need to take responsibility for minors using the internet. As such there is not much to debate here. However, I will point out again that the fact that social media has relented and let minors use their sites shows that the problem lies mostly with the parents and not with Internet anonymity. Finally, I almost fell out of my chair laughing when my opponent cited a Facebook member saying we should ban anonymity. This is absurd as Facebook has a proven record of deceit, so why should we trust anything to do with anonymity when they share you information freely, as well as illegally change your posts so as to do psychological tests on you. (3,4) You need better information than that to convince anyone Internet anonymity is not a good thing, its like Hitler saying "we didnt kill any Jews. " In this debate I have conclusively shown that the Pros of Internet anonymity are far greater than the Cons as is demonstrated with the agreement my opponent shares with me on all the arguments presented. I thanks my opponent once again for a fun debate and now I hand the debate to the voters. (1) . http://www.un.org... (2) . http://www.whas11.com... (3) . http://www.theguardian.com... (4) . http://techcrunch.com...