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How one tweet can ruin your life | Jon Ronson
TED
Jon Ronson's TED talk on public shaming on Twitter, centered on Justine Sacco and others whose lives were upended by online mobs. He argues we have become a baying crowd and should rethink how we treat each other online.
HN commenters bring it up in threads about online mobs and cancellation as a relevant talk by a journalist who interviewed shamed people.
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