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Best of the Week: Bad, Bad Net Blunders, Pervy iPod Users

by Leila Brillson on October 4, 2009 at 04:34 PM


This week, it was as if the world was trying to demonstrate how not to behave on the Internet. Sure, sometimes it can be a communication, text-based, streaming video free-for-all, but it's more than obvious that trying to sell your grandma is definitely not okay. No one, no matter the forum, looks too kindly on impersonation, racism, or slander (especially not all three), and it certainly doesn't take a genius to figure out that polling Facebook to ask whether the President of the United States should be assassinated is probably not a good idea. (Hey, we're all about free speech. Dumb, inflammatory speech isn't covered by law.) Maybe not all bad Internet actions involve such a heinous lapse in judgment, but some holy, sacred things should just be done in person. The Net is an extension of the real world, so like anything else, it's best to think twice before you open your big mouth. Other stories of note:

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