Remailer abuse and blocking by governments[end quoted excerpt]
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This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2012) >Although most re-mailer systems are used responsibly, the anonymity they provide
can be exploited by entities or individuals whose reasons for anonymity are not
necessarily benign.[8]
Such reasons could include support for violent extremist actions,[citation >needed] sexual exploitation of children [citation needed] or more commonly to >frustrate accountability for 'trolling' and harassment of targeted individuals,
or companies (The Dizum.com re-mailer chain being abused as recently as May >2013[citation needed] for this purpose.)
The response of some re-mailers to this abuse potential is often to disclaim >responsibility (as dizum.com does[9]), as owing to the technical design (and >ethical principles) of many systems, it is impossible for the operators to >physically unmask those using their systems. Some re-mailer systems go further
and claim that it would be illegal for them to monitor for certain types abuse at
all.[9]
Until technical changes were made in the remailers concerned in the mid-2000s,
some re-mailers (notably nym.alias.net based systems) were seemingly willing to
use any genuine (and thus valid) but otherwise forged address. This loophole >allowed trolls to mis-attribute controversial claims or statements with the aim
of causing offence, upset or harassment to the genuine holder(s) of the >address(es) forged.
While re-mailers may disclaim responsibility, the comments posted via them have
led to them being blocked in some countries. In 2014, dizum.com (a Netherlands-
based remailer) was seemingly blocked by authorities in Pakistan,[citation >needed] because comments an (anonymous) user of that service had made concerning
key figures in Islam.
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