Online portal bans anonymous comments
The French-Swiss news portal Arcinfo plans to stop allowing anonymous comments in the future. In doing so, the outlet is implementing recommendations from the Swiss Press Council.
With immediate effect, anonymous comments from the online platform will no longer be included in the forum pages of the daily newspapers L'Express and L'Impartial, wrote the newspapers' editor-in-chief, Nicolas Willemin, on Friday in a Article on Arcinfo.
Even if pseudonyms are commonplace on the Internet, they should not be used on media sites, the Press Council had demanded in a decision on a complaint against the two daily newspapers. As the comments contribute to the formation of public opinion, readers have a right to know who they come from.
The editors-in-chief of L'Express and L'Impartial also want to prevent anonymous comments on the online portal, Willemin continued. However, a technical solution is still needed, which will take a few more weeks.
