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GitHub and Medium take down database of ICE employee LinkedIn accounts

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Re: GitHub and Medium take down database of ICE employee LinkedIn accounts

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Post by simula67 »

> “I think that’s a totally valid question to bring up,” Lavigne said earlier today about whether the database could be used for targeted harassment, “but I think that the information is already out there, and if people want to embark on individual campaigns of harassment, then they’re going to be doing that no matter what.”

That does not mean you have to make it easier

Re: GitHub and Medium take down database of ICE employee LinkedIn accounts

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Post by bassman9000 »

simula67 wrote: post #2

> “I think that’s a totally valid question to bring up,” Lavigne said earlier today about whether the database could be used for targeted harassment, “but I think that the information is already out there, and if people want to embark on individual campaigns of harassment, then they’re going to be doing that no matter what.” That does not mean you have to make it easier

Precisely

Hey, people are still going to kill each other, so I'm going to leave this gun in here

Re: GitHub and Medium take down database of ICE employee LinkedIn accounts

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Post by qop »

simula67 wrote: post #2

> “I think that’s a totally valid question to bring up,” Lavigne said earlier today about whether the database could be used for targeted harassment, “but I think that the information is already out there, and if people want to embark on individual campaigns of harassment, then they’re going to be doing that no matter what.” That does not mean you have to make it easier

There can sometimes be a fine line between "enabling" and "meddling"

I mean, surely you can't expect a site like GitHub with thousands of projects happening every day to be able to keep track of each one and make sure that something bad isnt being done with the project.

Re: GitHub and Medium take down database of ICE employee LinkedIn accounts

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Post by cozzyd »

I don't get it... the author has a web site of his own. If he wants to distribute information, why not put it there instead of relying on third parties? (not offering any opinion on whether or not the data should be distributed, just questioning the means).

Re: GitHub and Medium take down database of ICE employee LinkedIn accounts

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Post by txcwpalpha »

qop wrote: post #4
simula67 wrote: post #2

> “I think that’s a totally valid question to bring up,” Lavigne said earlier today about whether the database could be used for targeted harassment, “but I think that the information is already out there, and if people want to embark on individual campaigns of harassment, then they’re going to be doing that no matter what.” That does not mean you have to make it easier

There can sometimes be a fine line between "enabling" and "meddling" I mean, surely you can't expect a site like GitHub with thousands of projects happening every day to be able to keep track of each one and make sure that something bad isnt being done with the project.

What? Yes you surely can expect that. That's what moderation is. That's what every site on the internet that allows user-submitted content does. Thats what Twitter does, YouTube does, Facebook does, Reddit does, and HN does. That's what GitHub does. GitHub is ultimately responsible for everything that is hosted on their site, and so of course they track each one and monitor them for violations of their policies. If they couldn't do that, they wouldn't be in business.
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