A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s founder

Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by RememberTheFtr on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:07PM (#27910634)

This thread is a cautionary tale about the future of freedom. These are dark moments everywhere. Either we pick the Enlightenment or we create some new experiment.

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Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by xadhominemx on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:45PM (#27911140)

What freedom are you refereeing to? The freedom to use an account linked to your work email address to spread lies and racist rhetoric on private third party websites without fear of identification?

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Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by inkblotuniverse on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @04:25PM (#27911666)

The freedom to speak without fear of punishment, which can clearly only be protected by increasingly extreme anonymization measures

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