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fromFortune
1 day ago
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Mass shootings on campus give rise to a new kind of life-saving service journalism: an anonymous message board called Sidechat | Fortune

Students used anonymous campus message board Sidechat to share immediate, raw, and crucial information during the Brown University shooting, often minutes before official alerts.
fromFast Company
1 day ago
US news

How Brown University students documented a campus shooting online in real time

Students used anonymous campus message boards to share immediate, raw updates and seek safety information during a campus mass shooting, often before official alerts.
fromFortune
1 day ago
US news

Mass shootings on campus give rise to a new kind of life-saving service journalism: an anonymous message board called Sidechat | Fortune

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fromBoston.com
1 day ago

Inside a chaotic digital record of the Brown University shooting: What students saw, feared, shared

When a gunman began firing inside an academic building on the Brown University campus, students didn't wait for official alerts warning of trouble. They got information almost instantly, in bits and bursts - through phones vibrating in pockets, messages from strangers, rumors that felt urgent because they might keep someone alive. On Dec. 13 as the attack at the Ivy League institution played out during finals week, students took to Sidechat, an anonymous, campus-specific message board used widely at U.S. colleges, for fast-flowing information in real time.
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