Roseanne's implosion: when art, freedom of speech and social media collide
- Written by Sarah Joseph, Professor, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
Another one bites the dust. In posting a racist tweet that resulted in the US network ABC summarily cancelling her show, Roseanne Barr joins a long line of people who have blown up their career with a social media post. And, as is always the case with such episodes, a prominent strand of the ensuing maelstrom will be all about “free speech&rd...
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