Just how public should Twitter be?

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In Slate, Amanda Hess recounts the story of Christine Fox, whose tweets about rape-victim blaming were republished by Buzzfeed. The problem? Twitter, Hess writes, gives reporters "a direct line to random acts of advocacy and casual expressions of bigotry. The new, virtual man on the street doesn't even need to be aware of a reporter's existence in order to turn up on a highly trafficked news source with name, photo, and social media contact information embedded."

March 24, 2014

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