You Have the Right to Anonymity

The right to anonymity should become a world standard for ensuring the fundamental rights of a person and citizen in the digital age. First and foremost, this is the right to freedom of expression and the right to privacy.

Edward Snowden said:

So what exactly is the right to anonymity and privacy in one’s private life, if we are talking about the Internet space?

1. It’s the right to anonymous surfing (searching for information on the web) and the anonymous sending of personal messages (e-mail, instant messages)

2. The right to anonymous payments (including the use of cryptocurrencies)

A citizen should have the right to legally transfer funds to another person anonymously.

3. The right to the anonymous creation and distribution of content

It is worth noting that the right to anonymity is not directly enshrined in any international documents subject to mandatory execution by nation states, and can still only claim the recommendations of independent international organizations (primarily the UN) and stakeholders, as well as developed judicial practice. At the same time, in 2016, an expanded resolution on “on-line rights” was adopted by the UN Human Rights Council. In the final resolution, the UN General Assembly called on countries:

Paragraph 7 of the document provides that:

In 2015, the UN Special Spokesperson David Kay, in his report on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age, emphasized the important role of using encryption and anonymity to protect and strengthen freedom of expression.

In the area of social networking, anonymity has also become an important standard, having claimed to become a regular part of a business’s turnover. For example, Facebook at one time rejected the “real-name policy” it had developed after a mass public protest. The world’s largest social network also took another very interesting step — it opened its representative office in the anonymous Tor network, thereby instilling in its users an interest in network tools that increase the protection of personal data.

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