"A Vast Web of Vengeance"

By artappraiser on Sun, 01/31/2021 - 6:58pm |

Man finds he and almost everyone in his extended family has been smeared online and has no idea why. A remarkable and scary story about “the power of a lone person to destroy countless reputations, aided by platforms like Google that rarely intervene.” https://t.co/Y3dV4gchdn
— Omar Wasow (@owasow) January 31, 2021

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/technology/change-my-google-results.html

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One possible solution: “The way to make the internet a less toxic place is setting limits on super-spreaders or even knocking them offline,” Mr. Singer said. “Instead of policing everyone, we should police those who affect the most people.” https://t.co/Y3dV4gchdn
— Omar Wasow (@owasow) January 31, 2021