A Growing Dark Side of Sharing Opinions Online
- Author
- Sandy Tolan, Allison Wolfe, Elizabeth Islas, Shirley Jahad
- Published
- Thu 30 Sep 2021
- Episode Link
- https://thelisteningwell.simplecast.com/episodes/a-growing-dark-side-of-sharing-opinions-online-lnjjYTIT
More and more people have been facing real-life dangers after posting political content online.
As part of our series “Divided States: Efforts to Pull Together When Things Fall Apart,” Elizabeth Islas introduces us to one person who has faced this danger. A teenager on TikTok. This 17-year-old TikTok creator has nearly 300,000 followers and built social media fame by creating political content. But last year, he received death threats that were no longer limited to just the cyber world…
