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Congresswoman sends News Genius strong letter about recent annotations harassing female writers
Annotation website Genius has been at the center of a brewing media controversy.
On Tuesday, the whole situation jumped up a notch thanks to a letter from a sitting congresswoman.
Representative Katherine Clark of the 5th District of Massachusetts penned a letter to Genius CEO and cofounder Tom Lehman to express concerns about “the Genius online annotation platform and its lack of safeguards against Internet harassment and abuse.”
Image: Katherine Clark
Genius, which started out as a website to annotate rap lyrics, has been building out a larger editorial operation in hopes of reaching a larger audience. Read more…
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