Blogger gets Death Threats

Adam Tinworth
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This is profoundly disturbing: Death Threats in the Blogosphere

In her latest post, Kathy Sierra reports that she has been receiving increasingly disturbing threats (death threats, and of sexual nature), to the point that she has cancelled her appearance at ETech and has locked herself up at home.

Scoble says he’s physically ill at the thought of it. Who can blame him?

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Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St George’s, London.

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