a previous book, Ryan Holaday’s “Conspiracy”, is also a really fascinating book about Peter Thiel and his take down of Gawker (a brilliantly executed multiyear plan).
So weird that some attempts to silence speech are outrageous overreaches of toxic cancel culture, but others are "brilliantly executed multiyear plans".
Why is it weird? What are you equating publishing a private sex tape with?
The sex tape was a tool to cancel Gawker media. Good riddance, to be honest.
And some are anathema to speak of even after exposure.
It's almost like we live in a world where the media exists to serve the business interests of billionaires.