#MischiefOfTheAnonymous

Every interaction in society pre-supposes honesty and transparency ...

When one approaches someone for interaction there is a minimum due diligence done to baseline the two factors in respect to the person one is interacting with ....
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A Due Diligence about the Identity and Location of a person is carried out for the smallest of the things one does ...like entering a public place, renting a house, admission of child in school or college ...practically we are expected to undergo
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Due Diligence every time we interact...and to ensure that this can be done effectively, seamlessly and reliably we have built authentication infrastructures that are not only huge but also very accurate and efficient . Despite all this
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This Due Diligence has not been made a mandatory pre-requisite for Social Media ...anyone can exist in Social Media with any kind of name, wearing any kind of Profile (which may be diametrically opposite of the actual profile of the person)
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The Dangers of such permitted (at times promoted) anonymity can be immense. We know of gender faking, status faking and many others which could lead to serious crimes. As a honest and transparent entity on Social Media one is actually exposed to much
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greater danger than we imagine. While I declare my identity ( name and photo, truthfully) there are hundreds who deliberately remain anonymous and do rumour mongering, hate-mongering etc without their real social profile getting damaged.
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But a much larger risk is that while the anonymous knows who you are , you do not even know if this anonymous handle could be your next door neighbour and could cause social as well as physical harm for which you may not be prepared due to your
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ignorance about his identity and physical/social proximity to you.

In the special interest of the Children and Women and everybody in general it is imperative that Social Media accounts be allowed after mandatory Due Diligence and (K)now (Y)our (U)ser
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#SocialMediaDueDiligence is increasingly becoming necessary in view of the progressively aggressive #SMLynching that is becoming a routine.

As a first step the #Governments must formulate a straightforward Diligence guideline ....
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Then ask for compliance by the

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Freedom of Speech/ FreedomToInsult/FreedomToIncite/FreedomToThreaten hiding under an Anonymous Handle must not be accepted on a literate ( hopefully, educated too) platform like Social Media
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