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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 May 2020

      My piece on why the online rage against Amy Cooper's attempted swatting of a black man (yes, yes, it was a form of swatting) was *necessary* because until such crimes are prosecuted, that's the only deterrence. Until then, I'm for *this* social media mob. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/05/case-social-media-mobs/612202/ …pic.twitter.com/FNr28HaxY2

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 May 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ryan Radia

      I'm agnostic on what the charges would be and would be okay with anything that would help deter, and there are laws on the books! Swatting used to be ignored, and seen as a prank but it is anything but just like this was anything but a minor verbal tussle.https://twitter.com/RyanRadia/status/1266099758772477957 …

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      Ryan Radia @RyanRadia
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      The term you use in the piece ("swatting-adjacent") is apt. Years of imprisonment seem grossly excessive here, but why isn't the DA even exploring misdemeanor charges (potential $1,000 fine, community service, 1 year of probation)? OTOH, a guilty verdict might be hard to obtain.
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 May 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted David T.S. Fraser

      Yes, the core issue is the racist police conduct that allows them to be weaponized against black people. In an ideal planet, that's addressed first. Until then, having a few district attorneys (who are often elected) acknowledge that fact would be good.https://twitter.com/privacylawyer/status/1266108128397078531 …

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      David T.S. Fraser @privacylawyer
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      But charging her would be an admission on the part of law enforcement that just the call created a non-trivial risk of death or serious injury to an entirely innocent black man.
      1:47 PM - 28 May 2020
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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 May 2020

          I'm not expecting DA's to start prosecuting this or— gasp—actually prosecute police "misconduct" which includes choking a man to death over seven minutes—torture and murder by any standard. But in that reality, I can't condemn this "mob". She's not "canceled" for a bad tweet.

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        1. philodygmn‏ @philodygmn 28 May 2020
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          What a disconnect that there are supposedly so many, so much “bigger fish to fry” for the police, and yet the implication of imminent grievous harm to him w/ far less resource outlay than any formal prosecution clearly seemed likely enough to serve as her evident motivation.

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        1. HarmlessReplyGuy‏ @HarmlessReply 28 May 2020
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          I still think you're wrong on the prosecution part. Bad idea to criminalize calling the cops unless there is clear deception and malice. A law like that would get deployed against vulnerable people calling cops for help.

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        1.  🦎 Curious Reptile  🦎‏ @livebeef 28 May 2020
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          To be fair, the police didn't brutalize the black man. Progress if nothing else.

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