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The illusion of a “marketplace of ideas” and the right to truth

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  1. DonQuixote
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    Ok, that was at the top of this article.

    But assuming you have read the article, I didn't see any discussion about the right to truth with anonymous access. And I have a feeling that the second is going to be directly related, especially if anyone ever takes the right to truth seriously.

    What if a person wanted the plans to make an atomic bomb, or a plastic gun? If the right to truth were valid, what would be stopping people? To me, the only viable solution is total non-anonymity. James Clavell deals indirectly with this in Shogun, where people live behind paper walls.