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From Clear to Dark: The Social Media Platform Anonymity Continuum

Authors:
David Kenny
Theo Lynn
Gary Sinclair

Keywords: social media; anonymity; dark social; grey social; clear social

Abstract:
Darknet technologies are a transformative technology, particularly in the context of online social media. This paper explores social media platforms where user anonymity artificially constrains self-disclosure. It proposes a social media platform anonymity continuum that recognises how the emergence and growth of darknet social platforms - and the affordances of darknet technologies - have exposed conceptual limitations in our understanding of self-disclosure and technical and social anonymity on social media platforms.

Pages: 27 to 29

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2022

Publication date: November 13, 2022

Published in: conference

ISBN: 978-1-68558-014-8

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 13, 2022 to November 17, 2022