Privacy: Rapper M.I.A. Tweets a Reporter’s Phone Number

In an age where teenagers love to emulate their favorite celebrities, public displays of blatantly disregarding online privacy don't bode well, and here’s yet another example. The rapper and artist called M.I.A., also known as Maya, was so unhappy with a New York Times Magazine article written by Lynn Hirschberg in which the rapper was criticized for wanting to “transform her personal life into a political statement,” that she tweeted the author’s cell phone number to her 110,379 fans yesterday. This, of course, made Hirschberg’s phone ring incessantly.

In the past, many other celebrities have used the web to voice opinions about their private issues.  Lindsay Lohan tweeted about her personal relationships with her estranged father as well as ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson.  Melissa Etheridge’s ex, Tammy Lynn Michaels, wrote a post on her blog about the couple’s public breakup, suggesting it was not mutual as Etheridge had portrayed.

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