TSP #7 - ‘Just Unreal’: Online Hate And The unsettling Reality For Victims and Influencers

Things have gone way too far, and it’s time to take action. True Sunlight co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell look at the organized efforts online to silence victims, journalists, bloggers and other influencers … people who are using their voices for good.

In this episode they talk to Rae Andreacchio, a Mississippi mother who has been attacked and defamed as she seeks answers about how her son Christian died in 2014. Andreacchio stood up to the bullying and took her case to federal court. Also in this episode, the story behind Dooce blogger Heather Armstrong’s death and what might have contributed to her decision to take her own life. 

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