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Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by munk-a on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @06:18PM (#27912901)
Was this information "hacked" from the US government or a corporation? We've frequently seen dumps of information from corporations and governments that could not be acquired legally but leveraging them is, IMO, a net good. There is no "person" that's being harmed, just a company's profits.
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Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by Natsu on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @06:50PM (#27913148)
They doxxed a person, and allegedly misattributed racist comments to the wrong person based on that info which was gathered without authorization from Disqus.

That probably shouldn't rise to a CFAA violation, but there was a supposed ethical standard around publishing hacked information, so it's a bit weird to see that ethical consensus come and go so easily.

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