Current Information:

The current legislation surrounding online verification has many loop holes.

When considering the prevention of anonymous trolls, it is very difficult for social media sites to get any details once the account has been shut down. It is very difficult to get law enforcement involved in an anonymous cyber attack- especially once the account has been closed. With online passport verification, this could all be avoided.

Why has it not been bought into play?

The online verification has not yet been bought into play on sites, due to the difficulty drawing a line between anonymity for good and anonymity for danger.

According to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, it states that: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; the right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers". This does unfortunately leave space for an argument for protecting anonymous activity online.

Screenshot, YouTube, @Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Video

Should it be considered more dangerous than it is?

In my MMP piece, I spoke to Natalie, who was a victim of being anonymously trolled and stalked online. During her interview, she stated that the police:"laughed" at her when she voiced her concerns about what was happening to her. In the case of cyber stalking, it is my opinion, that it should be considered as dangerous as stalking in reality.