General CNN doxxes meme maker, threatens if he doesn't maintain apology

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kneeblock

kneeblock

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Mullet Tard said:
"search for and publish private or identifying information about (a particular individual) on the Internet, typically with malicious intent."

You don't think that definition fits this instance?

I'm genuinely amazed that so many people still think the mainstream media is this infallible guiding light of truth that shouldn't be questioned. That we should take the word of CNN because... well hey, they're CNN, the most trusted name in news! Yeesh.
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They're highly fallible, but power is more so.

This isn't doxing per se because media enjoys certain protections when it comes to the investigation/revelation of information. Doxing is a complicated issue in tort because of varying state privacy laws. In most cases there's a standard of proof required to prove one's privacy wasn't violated through malicious means and with injurious intent. Wikileaks, for example, has rested on this legal distinction, at times using media protections to justify their own leaks of material (e.g. obtaining the material through 3rd party sources). At this point, no one has been doxed, but I do believe CNN is toeing a line that would be an interesting test case in court. It definitely seems like using institutional power to bully a private individual at face value, but the threat of revealing the identity of someone who operates in the public sphere (through publicly discoverable means), which social media is, doesn't necessarily make someone liable.
 
Yossarian

Yossarian

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Kneeblock said:
It definitely seems like using institutional power to bully a private individual at face value, but the threat of revealing the identity of someone who operates in the public sphere (through publicly discoverable means), which social media is, doesn't necessarily make someone liable.
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It's the extortion part where the trouble lies. They obtain the information, ok, but then they go and blackmail a private citizen over what is basically free speech, or satire. Now the intent of obtaining the identity is clear. Not smart for buisness, nor for credibility. They're playing Trump's game now, not a good thing.
 
Yossarian

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KWingJitsu said:
Amazing that CNN fucked this one up so badly, instead of letting him fuck it up by himself..






And yet...





This: Did Trump Just Lose His War With CNN? Poll Finds More People Trust The Network Than The President

LOL!
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Yeah duh, an article from Newsweek. Of course their poll is going to suggest such things. Like you said, CNN should allow Trump to fuck up all by himself, instead, they are doing the opposite while at the same time diminishing an already damaged image of the media.
 
jason73

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everybody already knows im an asshole.no one would be surprised if i made a super cunty meme :)
 
Zeph

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So there is going to be plenty of outrage at that Jack Posobiac dude for revealing CNN employees home address' and phone numbers?
 
Lord Vutulaki

Lord Vutulaki

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Eau de Farage said:
So there is going to be plenty of outrage at that Jack Posobiac dude for revealing CNN employees home address' and phone numbers?
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Nah fuck em

CNN journalists signed up for the public life a 15 year old anon reddit poster not so much

Lets protect the little guy here eh
 
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