News Corp ‘failed to act’ on abusive Twitter trolling of rivals, colleague and ex-PM by subeditor on The Australian
A former journalist on The Australian has claimed News Corp management failed to act when she discovered evidence a colleague was anonymously trolling public figures and colleagues with abusive posts on Twitter.
Gina Rushton, who is now a breaking news reporter for BuzzFeed, worked for The Australian from 2013 to 2016.
In a full page article published in this weekend’s The Saturday Paper, Rushton outlined the steps she took to uncover the troll after receiving an abusive tweet about a review she wrote.
‘As far as I know, no further action was taken’: Rushton’s piece in The Saturday Paper
And News Corp wonders why its newspaper readership is falling. And without the giveaways—been on a plane lately?—its circulations would almost certainly be lower. It’s all because of the ideological mindset of those it employs. Right, Rupert?
If this matter was pursued by the courts, might Twitter or even the ISP’s have to share IP address to prove where these tweets originated?
As the matter had been referred to senior management who did nothing, would News Corp therefore be able to be prosecuted?
Could this matter be pursued by those attacked by the roll?
Come off it. What crime do you think has been committed? It’s freedom of speech and everyone with a Twitter account knows what a sewer it is.
Virtually no ethics, and a bizarre self-serving cult-like culture. That’s News Corp, especially at the Oz and most tabloids.
Sounds like she tracked down the troll the same way the FBI tracked down the Unabomber