In a move that should be seen as slut-shaming of epic proportions, Maryland cops plan to live-tweet a brothel sting operation with the hope of shaming the prostitutes involved. The Verge quotes a post from Maryland's Prince George's Police Department Facebook and website that explains their thinking:
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While the police have had mixed results with social media in general (remember #myNYPD?), this hard-edged move is a deliberate attempt to use social media to their advantage. The fact that suspects who haven't been convicted yet will effectively be tarred and feathered publicly doesn't seem to bother the PGPD—it's the whole point of the initiative. Even so, seeing as the initial Facebook post has been taken down, the police may be reconsidering their decision. Then again, their blog post is still up, so maybe not.
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[via The Verge]
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