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After email threats and dozens of social-media comments being posted — with mentions of lying, ignoring pain for true-crime money, mob mentality and trying to silence the wrong people — the two book signings were canceled and one author called the Provincetown police. Some in the community wrote thanks and praise for the cancellations being sensitive to the feelings of local families connected to the year-old murders. Others raised questions about censorship, defaming and silencing a female writer, and who gets to decide who is actually welcome in Provincetown. And both writers and supporters questioned what the reaction says about American freedoms within a troubling climate for artists and free expression. In the late s, Costa was suspected of killing, dismembering and burying four young women whose bodies were found in a Truro cemetery near where he grew marijuana. Perry of Provincetown. A few years after his conviction in Barnstable for two of the murders, Costa was found dead, hanging in his jail cell.

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Sawyer thought it might be fun. Sawyer and other Facebook moderators say taming arguments and personal attacks on the pages they manage has become a time-consuming and often disheartening job. They blame the current political climate, along with stress stemming from the Covid pandemic, for the change. Administrators of two Eastham pages — Eastham Cape Cod, with 5, members, and Eastham Community Space, with 4, — did not respond to inquiries for this article. The administrator of the Truro Facebook page also did not respond. But though they described growing incivility in posts and comments, the Wellfleet and Provincetown administrators interviewed by the Independent mostly hold out hope for the platform as a place for positive interaction. Moderators of both the PCS and Wellfleet Community Space WCS , the most frequented page for that town with 5, members, said that one way they manage the tone is to prohibit political content altogether. While posting about local events and in some cases limited forms of advertising are permitted, overtly political posts, they said, are taken down as soon as they are seen. But moderators say they lack control over the debate that occurs in the comments on posts, which can veer toward the politicized or unrelated. People who are blocked from a Facebook page can no longer post there. Farrukh Najmi, another moderator of the WCS, said members of community groups usually are given a warning before being removed. Najmi believes those steps are effective. Sawyer said that not everyone is so understanding.

Is it worth the pain that other people are going to have to go through because of the story she felt like she had to write?

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While posting about local events and in some cases limited forms of advertising are permitted, overtly political posts, they said, are taken down as soon as they are seen. And one woman who had insisted Sawyer intervene to reinstate her membership pursued her in person. The new contract will commence on April 5, and go until April 5, And both writers and supporters questioned what the reaction says about American freedoms within a troubling climate for artists and free expression. I think targeting an independent bookseller who is just trying to stay in business sets a bad precedent. Tue, Mar 12 Bicycle Committee Meeting. The administrator of the Truro Facebook page also did not respond. Rodman's book: In new memoir, local serial killer Tony Costa babysat two youngsters. Among community members who thanked the store via Facebook was Provincetown author Jeannette de Beauvoir. Harbor Committee Meeting.

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Rodman's book: In new memoir, local serial killer Tony Costa babysat two youngsters. His ex-wife and generations of their family remained in the Provincetown area. Rodman said she thinks the social-media argument that got her book signing canceled made the family and case more public than if her event had gone on. Town Job Openings. But though they described growing incivility in posts and comments, the Wellfleet and Provincetown administrators interviewed by the Independent mostly hold out hope for the platform as a place for positive interaction. Facebook Twitter Email. Tue, Mar 12 Bicycle Committee Meeting. Among community members who thanked the store via Facebook was Provincetown author Jeannette de Beauvoir. Mon, Mar 11 Select Board Meeting. Click here to sign in or get access. So we presented a pretty humanistic picture of Tony Costa and we worked hard to do that. Perhaps people are tuning in to PCS just to watch the fights. Pay a Bill.