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Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by TOMDM on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:41PM (#27908556)
Sorry, I misrepresented the situation due to ignorance.

Doxxing people is condemnable, journalists discussing each others views alone is not.

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Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by shadowgovt on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @04:52PM (#27912007)
I think doxxing is a tool. It can be used in condemnable ways.

It's also used in virtuous ways; for example, to determine whether what appears to be grassroots activism is astroturfing (https://www.businessinsider.com/astroturfing-grassroots-move...).

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