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There’s a lot about the handling of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation that’s been disheartening, but there’s one part that I’ve been mulling over that has broader implications for how we all use technology.
For months, leaks of Higgins’ text messages and documents have found their way into the hands of parts of the media. As Nine’s Lisa Visentin wrote in her excellent wrap of the saga: “The leaks and the reporting of them have attempted to reframe the rape allegation against Bruce Lehrmann as a political conspiracy, settle scores in the media and wound a minister.
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