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The Ethics Of Republishing Tweets

While Twitter explicitly allows anyone -- be they a reporter, marketer or regular Joe -- to share other users’ public content, The Daily Dot raises the question of whether it is always ethically right to do so. “It is important to consider how the choice to embed someone’s tweet will have an impact on them in real life,” it writes. “Will it put their life in danger? … If the answer is yes, it is still legal to republish, but you might consider a bit of discretion.”
 

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