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Re:WhiteHat Jr’s founder files $2.6M defamation suit against... by saimiam on Sunday November 22, 2020 @08:40AM (#25177354)
I'm sorry that this happened to you but now that it has happened to you and to this guy, I looking forward to the day when one or both of these two things happens:

1. anonymous whistleblowing/exposes of shady business practices becomes a thing

2. hedgefunds like muddy waters emerge in India whose goal is to find rotten companies and profit off them through short selling

Hope it rains creative destruction on such companies.

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Re:WhiteHat Jr’s founder files $2.6M defamation suit against... by sxt on Sunday November 22, 2020 @09:17AM (#25177615)
> anonymous whistleblowing/exposes of shady business practices becomes a thing

We need this so much, the guy who started this in fact was posting anonymously, but all his accounts from Reddit, to twitter got taken down following which he was forced to use his real identity and the developments the past few weeks followed.

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Re:WhiteHat Jr’s founder files $2.6M defamation suit against... by marcinzm on Sunday November 22, 2020 @10:22AM (#25178087)
>1. anonymous whistleblowing/exposes of shady business practices becomes a thing

Then companies will use this to post fake "reports" about their competitors to damage their reputations. This is a societal issue, technological solutions do not solve societal issues.

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