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Re:Is billionaire VC Peter Thiel trying to break up Google? by scruple on Thursday November 16, 2017 @01:07PM (#15714941)
IIRC, they tried to make a first amendment argument about ... releasing someones sex tape without their consent. Oh, and, of course, calling that "journalism."
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Re:Is billionaire VC Peter Thiel trying to break up Google? by glenneroo on Thursday November 16, 2017 @03:06PM (#15716098)
If that's all you got out of it, you should watch it again. Or maybe just read this synopsis: http://www.businessinsider.de/sundance-nobody-speak-gawker-h...
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Re:Is billionaire VC Peter Thiel trying to break up Google? by scruple on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:46PM (#15716966)
Okay, sure. If I gave a more charitable spoiler, it might be: The documentary expresses that society requires an independent free press. That's their main point. Trying to make that point through the Gawker case is, IMHO, completely divorced from reality.
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