Yes, thank you.
We know that one of the benefits of the online community is also one of our biggest challenges, and that is anonymity.
I can use the example that we know from our work in the 2SLGBTQ+ community. In that context, young people have told us that the online environment, and in particular being able to remain anonymous in spaces, is a huge benefit as they can, again, engage in identity play and find community in ways that they may not be comfortable doing in a face-to-face context.
However, we know that it also poses a great challenge because for many perpetrators, from bullying all the way up to hate groups, anonymity is a huge tool that those groups can use to their advantage, both to test the waters in various communities that young people are engaging in—for example, in gaming communities—and as an attempt to recruit potential new recruits to movements.