Local social media networks, long places for recipe swaps and restaurant tips, are rapidly becoming sites where neighbors police neighbors during the global coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Shaming is really one of the only tools we have,” says Dr. Emily Laidlaw, an associate professor at the University of Calgary who studies privacy law and online shaming. Public shaming is against community guidelines and comments deemed as falling into the category will be removed, according to the app. ‘Please stop being so judgmental’“There’s definitely social shaming. One member of the Washington suburb listserv echoed her fears.

Source: Manila Times April 16, 2020 16:41 UTC