The Gawker Archives Aren't Going Anywhere
The Gawker Archives Aren't Going Anywhere
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
February 6, 20187m 13s
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Show Notes
In May of 2017, nearly a year after Gawker shut down, a story mysteriously disappeared from its archives. The 2015 article detailed leaked emails written by Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton, which had become public after the company’s servers were breached in 2014. The story was removed as the result of an undisclosed lawsuit—and served as a troubling reminder that journalism on the internet is fragile, and subject to censorship by wealthy and well-connected individuals.
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