Not a Lawyer wrote:
SDSU Aztec wrote:
I believe that in some of the cases the humiliation is over the top. Jane Seo cheated in a minor race, but it wasn't a criminal act. The negative attention she received will affect the rest of her life. Getting disqualified from the race and being booted from her running club would have been sufficient punishment.
And then she biked the course at a very slow pace to create a Strava record that would look like she legitimately completed the course. And then after being confronted with the evidence she initially doubled down and claimed that she completed it. I think that kind of deliberate deceit is relevant and should always be a part of the reputation of someone that claims to be a journalist.
Also worth noting: she had already made herself into an internet celebrity of a sort with her Instagramming. I think that when you make yourself into a public figure on the internet, you accept the risk of being publicly humiliated on the internet.