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Is Social Media Taking Public Shaming Too Far?

Powered by the sheer scale of social media activity, today, public shaming has gotten totally out of hand, Jon Ronson argues in The New York Times Magazine. Early on, “the collective fury felt righteous, powerful and effective,” the author say of online shaming. Yet, “As time passed … I watched these shame campaigns multiply, to the point that they targeted not just powerful institutions and public figures but really anyone perceived to have done something offensive.”
           

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