MITCHAM: Time to end the perverse incentives of the online information economy
By Alvarez in Technology
Updated 3 years ago
After the Oklahoma City bombing, the death threats came by phone to Kenneth Zeran. He had done nothing to deserve hostility, but an online troll posted terrible, pro-bombing messages on AOL with Zeran's name and phone number. He never knew who targeted him, but he knew AOL shouldn't be allowed...