New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones emptied her entire Twitter feed after she posted the personal contact information of a conservative news reporter who asked her for comment about the recent drama surrounding the paper’s editorial board. The Washington Free Beacon’s Aaron Sibarium, who was writing a story about the NY Times ousting a top reporter for using a racial slur in context on a work trip, went through Hannah-Jones’s old Twitter posts to discover that she had used the exact same slur while quoting someone else. He contacted Hannah-Jones, asking her whether “intent made a difference” in this case. In response, Hannah-Jones shared on Twitter a screenshot of Sibarium’s email inquiry, which included his phone number. The move apparently violated Twitter’s rules against what’s commonly known as “doxxing.” The social media company’s terms of service explicitly prohibit publishing “other people’s private information without their express authorization and permission.” Sibarium’s …
Nikole Hannah-Jones Wiped Twitter History After Doxxing Conservative News Reporter
February 9, 2021
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