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Taylor Lorenz is a journalist and what she was doing ( finding out the true identity of the twitter account) is a fundamental part of her job. Reply guys haras

Taylor Lorenz is a journalist and what she was doing ( finding out the true identity of the twitter account) is a fundamental part of her job. Reply guys harassing women and reporters on twitter are not journalists. Where is the hypocrisy?

zionic 5y ago
> Taylor Lorenz is a journalist and what she was doing ( finding out the true identity of the twitter account Um, what the fuck? It’s the job of “journalists” to find and dox pseudonymous social media accounts and link their professional info? Please tell me this is sarcasm/satire I missed
- a_shovel 5y ago
  > Um, what the fuck? It’s the job of “journalists” to find and dox pseudonymous social media accounts and link their professional info? Yeah. > Libs of TikTok has become a powerful force online, shaping right-wing media, impacting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation & influencing millions by posting viral videos aimed at inciting outrage. > Every formalized ethical code for journalists asks reporters to weigh privacy/harm against the public interest. The public interest in attribution of this account - an influential activist operating at significant scale - is overwheliming https://twitter.com/jason_a_w/status/1516458690198474752 https://twitter.com/jason_a_w/status/1516458690198474752
berberous 5y ago
Taylor could have published an article about the alleged harm the account is doing. Taylor perhaps could have even doxxed the account if the writer was in fact a public figure: that would be newsworthy. Taylor doxxing the identity of what turns out to be a completely unknown private citizen is not newsworthy; it adds nothing of value to the story, other than allowing this person to be harassed and intimidated for her views and actions. Her decrying her own harassment, while enabling the harassment of others, is pure hypocrisy.

zionic 5y ago

> Taylor Lorenz is a journalist and what she was doing ( finding out the true identity of the twitter account Um, what the fuck? It’s the job of “journalists” to find and dox pseudonymous social media accounts and link their professional info? Please tell me this is sarcasm/satire I missed

a_shovel 5y ago
> Um, what the fuck? It’s the job of “journalists” to find and dox pseudonymous social media accounts and link their professional info? Yeah. > Libs of TikTok has become a powerful force online, shaping right-wing media, impacting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation & influencing millions by posting viral videos aimed at inciting outrage. > Every formalized ethical code for journalists asks reporters to weigh privacy/harm against the public interest. The public interest in attribution of this account - an influential activist operating at significant scale - is overwheliming https://twitter.com/jason_a_w/status/1516458690198474752 https://twitter.com/jason_a_w/status/1516458690198474752

berberous 5y ago

Taylor could have published an article about the alleged harm the account is doing. Taylor perhaps could have even doxxed the account if the writer was in fact a public figure: that would be newsworthy. Taylor doxxing the identity of what turns out to be a completely unknown private citizen is not newsworthy; it adds nothing of value to the story, other than allowing this person to be harassed and intimidated for her views and actions. Her decrying her own harassment, while enabling the harassment of others, is pure hypocrisy.