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Families of some victims of the Bondi tragedy have asked for privacy, but do journalists have an obligation to pause, or halt, their newsgathering?
https://theconversation.com/digital-death-knocks-is-it-fair-game-for-journalists-to-mine-social-media-profiles-of-victims-and-their-families-227784?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1713153727
Digital ‘death knocks’: is it fair game for journalists to mine social media profiles of victims and their families?

Families of some victims of the Bondi tragedy have asked for privacy, but do journalists have an obligation to pause, or halt, their newsgathering?

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Apr 15, 2024 at 6:17amZapier
Show threadJ.O.Apr 15, 2024
@theconversationau There’s lessons here about how people have to be taught to manage their social media accounts: setting account to “public” should mean that public use of content is permitted. It’s hard to argue this in the wake of a personal tragedy though.