Slipstream - Prop 8 Donor Web Site Shows Disclosure Law Is 2-Edged Sword - NYTimes.com
This is a story about the fascinating conflict centered around the Proposition 8 victory against gay marriage in California and its aftermath. Opponents of the the initiative have used technology in a clever way to extract their idea of revenge on financial contributors to the winning side.
Two comments:
1./ I have long believed there should be no right to anonymity on the web. We have no legally based right to anonymity as far as I can tell. It seems the creators of the Google Maps enhanced website that identifies the donors and locations of Proposition 8 supporters was created for the sole purpose of making it easy to 'target' financial supporters. The story suggests no effort by supporters on the other side of the question to do the same. The website creators should have no more right, morally, to anonymity than do the financial contributors in support of the Proposition.
2./ The New York Times bias is once more revealed by their photo selected to accompany the story. They should have used no photo or a smaller one of demonstrations by both sides in the dispute.
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