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veen · 2224 days ago · link · · parent · post: What would the world look like if we took online threats seriously?
Ryan Holiday made the point in Conspiracy that the Gawker case was one of the final nails in the coffin of the seemingly never-ending era of awful sensationalist journalism. It was always awful, but it took a while for society / journalism to realize that and act accordingly (i.e. more civil). Of course, bomb threats are different from raunchy upskirts, but I wonder (also non-rhetorically) what our world would look like if there were actual consequences to spewing hatred from behind the cover that is the Internet. I doubt it would be much worse.But I also expect civility would increase markedly.