Reddit apologises for 'witch hunt'

Social news site Reddit has issued a public apology for its coverage of the Boston bombings. Its Find Boston Bombers thread - known as a subreddit - wrongly named several people as suspects. The misidentified included 17-year-old Salah Barhoun and missing 22-year-old Sunil Tripathi. Reddit has admitted that it helped to fuel "online witch hunts". The debacle has fuelled debate about how far such speculation should go in future. "We all need to look at what happened and make sure tt in the future we do everything we can to help and not hinder crisis situations," the apology read. "Though started with noble intentions, some of the activity on Reddit fuelled online witch hunts and dangerous speculation which spiralled into very negative consequences for innocent parties." It went on to apologise to the family of Mr Tripathi. The family had to suspend the Facebook page they had created to find him because of the amount of negative comments they received. Mr Tripathi's name trended on Twitter and numerous news sites. "We were very worried about Sunil and about each other because of how fast completely unsubstantiated claims were spreading," his sister Sangeeta Tripathi told the BBC World Service. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. //

Reddit apologises for 'witch hunt' 2013-04-23T11:58:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Undercover 999