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“One thing that’s been lauded about open source investigations is that they can be democratizing. Most people, if they want to, can learn some of these skills fairly quickly. It takes a lot of practice to get really good at them, but they’re not out of reach for most people who have any proficiency with the internet. I think the challenge, however, is the community’s growth without the safeguards in place around professional ethics. Just because you can do something in digital spaces doesn’t mean you necessarily should.” —
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Alexa Koenig,
CJR,
open source investigations