We need harsh penalties for criminals and cross border police responses (or military if necessary).
The internet cannot remain anonymous. For every "activist" this supposedly protects, it provides cover to dozens of criminals harming hundreds of people.
If this is from overseas, then subjecting American internet users to mass-surveillance would have no effect, and the US lacks the jurisdiction to subject global internet users to mass-surveillance.
>>For every "activist" this supposedly protects, it provides cover to dozens of criminals harming hundreds of people.
Anonymity on the internet helps people fight back against government repression, which harms people on a scale that totally dwarfs the harm done by this phenomenon.
I think it can and should remain anonymous by default, but realism demands (and usually gets) a way through that anonymity by legal, technical, or investigative means sooner or later.
The internet cannot remain anonymous. For every "activist" this supposedly protects, it provides cover to dozens of criminals harming hundreds of people.