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by Mallary Jean Tenore, Soon after a young woman in Tampa, Fla., was allegedly raped,
she tweeted about the crime. “6’2 black man w scruffy beard blue shirt tan shorts driving commercial truck … raped me,” she tweeted. “Glad im alive.”The victim, who was living in a remodeled bus in Tampa,
has continued to tweetabout her reaction to the alleged rape and the
physical and
emotional repercussions of it.The 24-year-old’s tweets raised some difficult questions for journalists, adding a new layer of complication to an old conversation about whether or not to name sexual assault victims. Most news organizations don’t name sexual assault victims unless the victim grants permission to be named. While that policy seems pretty straightforward, it doesn't address the questions that arise when a victim shares the news of her attack, along with other details, within her social network.
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