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WarOnPrivacy 4 days ago

> Maybe Gawker shouldn’t have been digging into his private sex life including publishing a sex tape.

Even if one supports this revenge-based justification, it doesn't mitigate the societal harm done when a path is carved out for billionaires to shutter news orgs who print things they don't like.

The societal harm: Republicans weaponizing Gov power and billionaire resources against news outlets - which is happening at this moment.

ref: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44688663