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The death of the private citizen

24 June 2020

7:28 AM

24 June 2020

7:28 AM

The internet is not a private place, but news outlets have decided that it’s up to them to determine when someone loses their right to anonymity. Quite often, the media gets this calculation wrong and destroys lives in the process.

Scott Alexander, the pseudonymous blogger behind ‘Slate Star Codex’, deleted all of the content on his popular website after the New York Times revealed it was going to publish his true identity.

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