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This is exactly the kind of scenario I said would happen in previous HN comment in another submission (as did many others). Reddit and 4Chan speculate and distr
by DigitalSea 14y ago
This is exactly the kind of scenario I said would happen in previous HN comment in another submission (as did many others). Reddit and 4Chan speculate and distribute images of innocent people, the media would eventually pick them up and people would be false-fully accused of being the bomber. It's the Ryan Lanza situation all over again. If you have suspicions, privately send your concerns and imagery to the authorities and let them handle things, don't post them onto Tumblr or Reddit without any proof, you could be ruining the lives of innocent people.
Put yourself in this situation. Your picture is being plastered all over the news and Facebook, you are being called a suspect in a brutal bombing case, your family see your image and immediately assume the worse, your employer sees the photo and you lose your job and you weren't even involved. The media doing what they seem to do best in this day and age: report now, fact check later.