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Stop Sharing Your Opinions on Social Media
That is no longer its purpose
“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say online can and will be used against you. Context is immaterial. You do not have the right to an attorney. You will not get the benefit of doubt. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you still wish to post?”
Proposed disclaimer that every Social Media site should put on their homepages.
Shall we call it the McCammond Rights?
In a series of tweets posted on her Twitter timeline in 2011 and 2012, Alexi McCammond — then college freshman expressed her opinion on Asians. A decade later, these tweets will incite rebellion from staff members of a prestigious media company looking to hire Ms McCammond as editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue magazine. Brands would threaten to pull endorsements despite a formal apology, and she will be forced to resign the position prior to starting in the role.
In the shitstorm that followed the announcement of Ms McCammond’s appointment, her career achievements which included: freelance work for women’s magazine Cosmopolitan, political reportage for a Washington DC news site, being given the Emerging Journalist Award in 2019 by the National Association of Black Journalists, and being recognized by Forbes…
