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And that prohibits him from expressing his individual perspective? I don't see any reason why a newspaper should have to talk with a singular, homogeneous voice

• hn_throwaway_99 8y ago
  Not at all, and I didn't make that argument. But as a member of the editorial staff, he has put his name behind numerous editorials railing against Facebook and their impact on personal privacy (just google "New York times editorial Facebook privacy" for many examples). Given that, I found the author's brushing aside of privacy concerns in this article ("it's government information, not personal information" - yeah, that the government requires everyone to provide or else they put you in jail) extremely weak.