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Episode 164: A Can't-Look-Away Nightmare Involving A Sci-Fi Writer, A Maybe-Formerly-Racist Cybersecurity Expert, And, Somehow, A Cabal Of Online "Opie And Anthony" Fundamentalists (Part 1)
from Blocked and Reported · host Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
This week on the show, Katie Herzog tells Jesse Singal how a tweet about Norm MacDonald led to an unhinged five-year harassment campaign, and the woman trying to solve the mystery of who is behind it.Jackie Singh’s HackingButLegal.comWashington Examiner: “Senior Biden campaign cybersecurity expert participated in racist internet troll group”Weev on Singh aka JaxJackie Singh: The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America’s Swatting TerrorVice News: “A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America”Encyclopedia Dramatica on Patrick TomlinsonDaily Beast: “Internet Trolls Have Tormented This Sci-Fi Writer for Years—and He Can’t Stop Them”Patrick Tomlinson: “How Trolls Hack Twitter to Silence the Rest of Us” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
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Episode 164: A Can't-Look-Away Nightmare Involving A Sci-Fi Writer, A Maybe-Formerly-Racist Cybersecurity Expert, And, Somehow, A Cabal Of Online "Opie And Anthony" Fundamentalists (Part 1)
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