Today's Close-Up

Online Shaming: Everyone at Risk (2017x38)

Air date: Nov 18, 2017

What if you were falsely declared a murderer online and there was nothing you could do to clear your name? Such was the situation facing a young comedian when he became the innocent victim of internet mob justice. We interviewed him, as well as other victims and their attackers, to find out what drives this growing phenomenon, and how society should respond.