For 24 hours, a huge topic of discussion in places like Twitter was "the incident" at the Oscars Sunday after actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage for an ill-advised joke about Smith's wife. For Goodwin Partner Omer Tene, "The incident demonstrates the immediate and visceral impact of a privacy harm," which can serve as a helpful example, especially as "the question of privacy harms is front and center in an ongoing policy debate." He adds, "Lawmakers sometimes doubt the veracity or concreteness of privacy injuries," and to the doubters, "I say, look at (Smith's wife's) face at the instance of impact of Rock's joke" and "tell me now that privacy harms are not real."
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