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or perhaps it was making a stand on principle. for an ordinary person, outing can completely and thoroughly ruin their life. bankrupting them was a just desert.
by jiveturkey 7y ago
or perhaps it was making a stand on principle. for an ordinary person, outing can completely and thoroughly ruin their life. bankrupting them was a just desert.
- AlexandrB 7y agoOrdinary people are more likely to be outed by companies Thiel has invested in, like Facebook[1]. Interestingly, he has yet to sue Facebook “on principle”. [1] https://thinkprogress.org/facebook-privacy-policy-outs-lgbt-users-15241ec5461e/ https://thinkprogress.org/facebook-privacy-policy-outs-lgbt-...
- coldtea 7y agoI'm pretty sure if Gawker's expose was due to a "privacy glitch" (like here) and not a conscious effort, they wouldn't have suffered any consequences... Or does FB go out of its way to expose LBGT people for some profit of its own?
- powowow 7y agoIf Peter Thiel wants to pretend he cares about privacy, he should shut down Clearview and Palantir.