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Re:John Sullivan resign as executive director of the Free So... by Shish2k on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:41AM (#26619760)
> None of these things are new to humanity

The speed and the scale at which “a random throwaway comment to a friend” can be taken out of context and used to ruin a person’s life are pretty new

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Re:John Sullivan resign as executive director of the Free So... by frereubu on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:18AM (#26620033)
Jon Ronson is particularly good on this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07hj3ky
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