Faceless Mob

Battling through technology issues, Ian and Simon explore three big questions in this week's show:- 1) Is the freedom of anonymity online worth the price of faceless abuse that hides behind it? 2) If we make MPs safer by making them more distant from those they serve - are we defending democracy or diminishing it? 3) Should MPs be allowed to take 2nd jobs? Information sources used in this week's show: www.theyworkforyou.com https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/575833?reveal_response=yes https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-03-24/debates/378D3CBD-E4C6-4138-ABA6-2783D130B23C/OnlineAnonymityAndAnonymousAbuse#main-content https://epjdatascience.springeropen.com/articles/10.1140/epjds/s13688-020-00236-9#citeas https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2017/09/we-tracked-25688-abusive-tweets-sent-women-mps-half-were-directed-diane-abbott https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8743/CBP-8743.pdf