RISKS-LIST: Risks-Forum Digest Thursday 1 April 2010 Volume 25 : Issue 98 Contents: [The catless RISKS mirror may not yet reflect this issue.] Plain Dealer sparks ethical debate by unmasking anonymous poster
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:18:36 -0400 From: reinke ferdinand <[email protected]> Subject: Plain Dealer sparks ethical debate by unmasking anonymous poster http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/03/plain_dealer_sparks_ethical_de.html Plain Dealer sparks ethical debate by unmasking anonymous Cleveland.com poster By Henry J. Gomez, *The Plain Dealer*, 26 Mar 2010 By unmasking an anonymous poster at its companion website, The Cleveland Plain Dealer finds itself in an ethical quandary, stirring a debate that balances the public's need to know against the privacy concerns of online participants. The newspaper traced the identity of `lawmiss' after someone using that moniker left a comment about the mental state of a relative of reporter Jim Ewinger. The comment was removed for violating cleveland.com's community rules, which do not allow personal attacks. -------- oops, wrong name. <emily littela> Never Mind </emily> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
