- Poynter, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 4:18 PM
Jeff Sonderman reports on two tweets reacting to
The Wall Street Journal's decision to start tracking wsj.com users' personal information without their consent.
First up is blogger Dan
Gillmor, who calls it "'a crappy and hypocritical move' in light of the Journal's extensive reporting on online privacy invasions. 'Remember: I and other Journal readers are paying real money to use
that site. We are not getting something for free in return for handing over some personal information. The Journal is just greedy.'"
Naturally, Alan Murray, executive editor for online at the
Journal, tweets that Gillmor's take is "a bit overwrought."
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